The Iraq War took place on the other side of the world, but the residual effects of the 8-year turmoil reach far beyond borders on a map or geographical barriers and can be felt in the rural communities of western Nevada County. more... |

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The Iraq War took place on the other side of the world, but the residual effects of the 8-year turmoil reach far beyond borders on a map or geographical barriers and can be felt in the rural communities of western Nevada County. more... |
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Former Grass Valley mayor Ed Tellam has died, according to Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Nevada City.
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| 02/07/2012 1:39pm |
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A film to be presented Friday in downtown Grass Valley offers the idea of birthing world peace.
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| 02/07/2012 12:11pm |
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Forests around Scotts Flat Reservoir — thick, filled with brush and standing on steep land — could be thinned if the local water district can get a federal grant.
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| 02/06/2012 6:18pm |
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Learn to identify and support the avian wildlife of western Nevada County at a free talk set for 7 to 9 p.m., Feb. 15, in the BriarPatch Co-op Community Room at 290 Sierra College Drive, Grass Valley.
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| 02/06/2012 8:56pm |
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Do you love nature and animals? Now's your chance to join Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release and help native wildlife. WR&R is holding its annual recruitment 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3, at the United Methodist Church, 236 South Church Street in...
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| 02/06/2012 8:55pm |
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Members of the First Friday Book Club had a special celebration while discussing their pick of the month.
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| 02/06/2012 6:38pm |
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Each member of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors and the city councils of Grass Valley, Nevada City and Truckee have signed a statement opposing the closure of South Yuba River and Malakoff Diggins state parks.
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| 02/06/2012 6:12pm |
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The list of 70 state parks to be shuttered has shrunk to 61, according to state park officials, and local advocates would like to see it shrink by two more in the very near future.
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| 02/06/2012 5:34pm |
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With more than 35 percent its teens actively and unsuccessfully seeking employment in 2011, California had the highest average rate of teen unemployment among states, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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| 02/06/2012 2:52pm |
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Thanks to a donation of more than $44,000 from the Fremont-Rideout Foundation, the Penn Valley Fire Department's two ambulances will soon be equipped with wireless EKG machines and PV paramedics will be trained in their use.
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| 02/05/2012 10:00pm |
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Friday - 71 calls for service
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| 02/05/2012 3:26pm |
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Dave Perillo is no longer senior vice president of global operations of the video manufacturing company Grass Valley, formerly the Grass Valley Group.
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| 02/05/2012 11:02am |
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In the second of its video presentation series, Nevada County's Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Special Education Parents Advisory Committee will showcase “The Hidden Curriculum: Teaching What is Meaningful” by Brenda Smith Myles,...
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| 02/05/2012 10:58am |
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Medical marijuana advocates and proponents of a proposal to regulate marijuana cultivation have been meeting regularly to put together a draft ordinance that is acceptable to both sides.
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| 02/03/2012 5:18pm |
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A 26-year-old former Seven Hills School student who allegedly made serious violent threats at the end of 2011 about an unspecified female student in an unspecified school district, will not be released for “another two or three months,”...
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| 02/03/2012 6:47pm |

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