Drainage Improvement Project Scheduled to BeginOn State Route 124/Route 104 Junction in IoneAMADOR COUNTY — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will replace a ditch and install a drainage culvert at the junction of State Route 124/Route 104 in the town of Ione.This project…
Drainage Improvement Project Scheduled to BeginOn State Route 124/Route 104 Junction in IoneAMADOR COUNTY — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will replace a ditch and install a drainage culvert at the junction of State Route 124/Route 104 in the town of Ione.This project…
SACRAMENTO, CA—Today, the California Supreme Court ruled on the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s (Commission) petition to clarify and/or modify the writ of mandate issued by the Court on July 17, 2020 (Legislature of CA v Alex Padilla S262530)—when it ruled that the Commis…
Bill to allow farm employees to access respirators awaits signature
Amador COVID-19 Update: 131 Active Cases, 12 Hospitalized, 1 New Death
Amador County Public Health confirms the first 2021 case of West Nile virus (WNV) in an Amador County horse. Outbreaks of WNV occur each summer in the United States and are most commonly transmitted to humans and animals through a mosquito bite from a mosquito harboring the virus. Public Hea…
SACRAMENTO, CA—Today, the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission) received notification that the official redistricting database for the State of California has been released. These data will allow the Commission to begin redistricting the state’s congressional, State …
On August 23rd, 2021, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Unit served a search warrant for illegal marijuana cultivation in the 5000 block of Paramae Road in Railroad Flat. Deputies seized 107 growing marijuana plants with an estimated value exceeding $74,000. No susp…
To all the firefighters and others who are involved in the catastrophic fires Northern California is facing, I can only offer … our gratitude! How is it possible to commend so many firefighters, when so many of you risk your lives doing everything you can do to protect the rest of us? I unde…
Amador County Tax Collector Elizabeth A. Nelson is reminding taxpayers that Property Tax Postponement applications for the 2021-2022 tax year are now available.
TRAFFIC ADVISORYLONG-TERM SHOULDER CLOSURE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL ON STATE ROUTE 88AMADOR COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will continue a long-term shoulder closure for drainage work on State Route 88 from the turnout near Sugarloaf Road to IrishTown Road/Cli…
Kate Tibbitts can’t make this plea to you. She can’t cast a vote or call a legislator or sign a petition for change. She can’t install a security system or add another deadbolt to her Sacramento home. Kate Tibbitts is dead. She was raped, murdered, her pets killed and home set on fire by a t…
The City of Jackson is ramping up efforts to clean up the Oro De Amador property. At its latest meeting on Monday, September 13, the Jackson City Council approved $20,000 to go toward cleaning up the property, which includes several hundred acres on the northern edge of Jackson. The property…
When we moved to Ione 20-some years ago, one of the first issues we heard about was the sewer system. Unfortunately, not much has changed. There is still finger pointing and haggling.
While the Caldor Fire remained within its footprint for several days as acreage burned remained unchanged, as of this morning, the burn perimeter shows a slight decrease by 410 acres with a total of 218,857 acres burned. Fire management continues to prioritize containment. Overall containmen…
Joseph Mitchener of Pioneer wrote a sharp retort titled “One-sided class war threatens our freedom” in the August 27, 2021 edition of the Ledger Dispatch (Letters to the Editor). He explains in his letter how he agrees with Mr. Carl Gillette that Americans have indeed lost their freedom due …
There haven’t been any intelligent or valid arguments against requiring vaccination for nearly all public and private locations, gatherings and events. The same people who were fake climatologists are now pretending to be Constitutional scholars and medical experts. Stop spreading your opini…
Results of the California Gubernatorial Recall Election in Amador and Calaveras counties were in stark contrast to statewide results.
Calaveras High School put a hold on its annual homecoming festivities this week after three of the school’s athletic teams were told to quarantine due to “a significant number of” positive COVID-19 tests.
Creative Support Alternatives (affiliated with Interwork Institute/SDSU) provides Community Living services for adults with developmental disabilities. Since 1992 in San Diego, and 2007 in Calaveras/Amador/Tuolumne, our team of Direct Support Professionals has provided the daily face-to-face…
On July 9, 2020, the Buena Vista Rancheria filed federal litigation challenging the various mitigation payments to the County and other agencies that the Tribe was required to make pursuant to a 2008 Intergovernmental Services Agreement (“ISA”). The payments and other obligations in the ISA …
The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region will end the regional closure order affecting National Forests in California at 11:59 p.m. on today, Wednesday, September 15th, two days prior to the original end date of September 17th. However, forest-wide closures will remain in place and b…
Local irrigation districts in California sue state board over water supply cuts
California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson today applauded President Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Elaine Trevino as his top agricultural trade negotiator.
EL DORADO HILLS,Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Central California Resource Advisory Council will meet virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom, due to COVID-19 precautions. The meeting is open to the public.
REVISED TRAFFIC ADVISORYONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL ON STATE ROUTE 4 STATE ROUTE 4 WILL NOT BE FULLY CLOSED THIS WEEKALPINE COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will conduct operations this week on State Route 4 and delays are expected.Work will be conducted as follows…
As California Citizens Redistricting Commission transitions into the line drawing phase, Commissioners will utilize September to analyze COI input and our outreach team will launch educational presentations on how to provide COI input online.
Over the summer, my 7-year-old son took swim lessons at the Jackson Pool with Martha Quinn and the assistance of the pool lifeguards. Martha mentioned how my uncle, Dennis King, hired her to run the program many years ago. I thought it pretty neat that my late uncle picked her to run such an…
As of Tuesday, September 14, 2021, Amador County Public Health (ACPH) reports there are currently 141 active COVID cases in Amador County. There have been 49 COVID confirmed deaths to date. A total of 12 individuals are currently hospitalized (6 Amador County residents hospitalized locally &…
The Highway 88 closure that has been in place between Peddlers Ridge in Amador County to the Highway 88/89 interchange (Pickett’s Junction) in Alpine County due to the Caldor Fire, has changed.
Customers Asked to Reduce Water Use Up to 20 Percent
The Amador County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, September 14 released an update on its investigation into an incident in Pine Grove that took place last week and left three people dead.
PUBLIC NOTICEVirtual Open House Scheduled for Highway 26/49 Intersection Control Improvement Project in Calaveras CountyThe California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will hold a public information meeting in the form of a Virtual Open House regarding an intersection control improvem…
Never say “good luck” to an actor. Instead say, ‘break a leg!” This is one of many sayings, superstitions and habits that have brought actors together over the thousands of years since some of our ancestors stood around the campfires and reenacted events, both dramatic and comedic, for their…
As of this evening, the Caldor Fire burn perimeter has reached 219,267 acres and remains at 65% containment.
On Friday, September 10, 2021, the Calaveras County Health Officer upgraded the guidance for youth extracurricular activities and youth sports released on August 23, 2021 to an order. The order comes at a time when COVID-19 cases have surged in the county, including the quarantine of a local…
Since the 2020 presidential election, state Republicans have passed 18 voter suppression laws in 30 across the country. And there will be more coming out of GOP-held state legislatures before the end of the year unless Congress acts swiftly to protect our voting rights.
In 2009 a “Request for Qualifications” (RFQ) to operate and maintain the City of Ione’s Wastewater Treatment Plant and Tertiary Treatment Plant plus the wastewater collection system was conducted by Ione City Manager, Kim Kerr on behalf of the City of Ione. Eight responses were received and …
We are living a nightmare: our forests turning to smoke, our air, food and water increasingly contaminated, democracy handed over to Zoom and our freedoms more and more restricted.
The curtailment of our individual freedoms must be defended, even from those who may act mistakenly to constrict those rights. Vaccine passports and vaccination mandates can be viewed by some as supporting the public welfare, when in fact, they are a blatant attacks on our personal freedoms.…
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