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Mercury collection requires permit, understanding of chemistry
We would like to provide some information in response to an article and Other Voices that both appeared in a recent edition of The Union. To understand the issue of suction dredge mining and legacy mercury in our rivers, we first need to understand the...
  05/04/2012 9:16pm
Other Voices: Judicial elections should not be partisan
The recent article comparing judicial candidates presented a disturbing portrait of the out-of-county prosecutor who is challenging Judge Tom Anderson.
  05/03/2012 11:08pm
Other Voices: Elect Smyrnos for judge
Voicing my support of George Smyrnos for judge seems to elicit a common refrain. “Why would you support someone running against Tom Anderson? Anderson is such a nice guy!” I am supporting George Smyrnos because “nice” is not...
  05/03/2012 11:06pm
First president warned the United States
Our nation's first president took his first oath of office on April 30, 1789, on Wall Street in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall.
  05/02/2012 4:41pm
Environmental health behind the scenes in everyday life
Many people think of the word “environment” and assume that the Environmental Health Department must look after the world of nature, protecting the trees, birds, lakes, flowers, etc.
  05/01/2012 6:22pm
Lily Nova's artwork shows passion for area
“Lily painted these?” “I never knew she was an artist.”

“How beautiful!”
  05/01/2012 6:19pm
Other Voices: Internet bad guys have a new wrinkle
Last November, Federal agents arrested six Estonians on charges of Internet fraud.
  05/01/2012 12:05am
Remember to register, vote
With the June 5 Presidential Primary Election fast approaching, the Nevada County Registrar of Voters is busily preparing for what we hope will be another record turnout.
  04/27/2012 8:40pm
Wow, California students test ‘advanced'
California Standards Testing in California's public schools is a big expensive deal — if you didn't know.
  04/27/2012 8:40pm
A voicemail from my dog
Ask anyone who the best dog is in the whole wide world is and they'll tell you it is their dog. I would be no exception.
  04/27/2012 8:31pm
Fire district not in compliance with the ‘principles' of the nation
The question is simple, do you have the right to vote on a tax that affects you? The NCCFD Board Chairman Warren Knox thinks that question is irrelevant! Really? The basic right of a citizen of these United States to vote … is irrelevant? And you...
  04/27/2012 8:29pm
You are today's foster parent
When a child needs a temporary home in our county, who will be there to care for them?
  04/26/2012 7:27pm
The pendulum has swung back to the middle
After so many years of California living with Proposition 215, the general public has seen the abuses wrought under the guise of 215.
  04/26/2012 7:24pm
Laura's Law saves lives
In 2001, college student Laura Wilcox and two others were killed and several others injured by a man with a severe mental illness who was not receiving sufficient treatment in spite of his family's best efforts and continued struggle to get him...
  04/24/2012 6:55pm
Touched by crime
We've all been touched by crime. For most of us though, it's been by reading the article in the newspaper or watching the evening news report.
  04/24/2012 6:49pm
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