“For God so loved the world...”

Amador High School alumni returning for homecoming this week will likely notice a new school logo displayed throughout campus – on buildings, T-shirts and team uniforms – and can take pride in the fact that it was designed by one of their own.

DAR Promotes Constitution Week: September 17-23 

when we old midwesterners say I’m Fishin’ at the Lake:

Have you ever heard the saying “it’s like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?” While a sledgehammer will certainly open the nut, it will also smash it to bits when there are better tools for the job. This points to the issue of how we respond to someone who reveals that they are thinking ab…

The food, the drinks, the music, the stories, the laughter, the fun — it all came together on Monday, September 6, 2021, along with a huge number of Amador County’s finest citizens, to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Teresa’s Place, 1235 Jackson Gate Road in Jackson, in an unbelievab…

Like so many others in Amador County, Phil Allen was still in bed in the early-morning hours of September 11, 2001, when Flight 11 hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. It was 5:46 a.m. in Pine Grove, where Allen still lives.

On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, the Wood Angels discovered they had been burglarized as someone had helped themselves to the Wood Angels storage shed by prying open the doors and stealing all of the organizations chainsaws. 

With Harold Rhinehart’s passing, the metal will be scrapped and salvaged again.

Chuck Simmons was born in Ontario, Oregon and spent most of his youth in Southern California. After graduating from Camarillo High School in 1965, Chuck moved to Amador County and settled in Jackson, where he currently resides with his wife, Kathleen (Kathy). Upon arriving in Amador County, …

As one of Amador County’s largest employers, Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is launching a new, creative campaign to celebrate many of their loyal employees and recognize them for their years of dedicated service. 

Sound familiar? “Car Talk” is the highly popular long-running radio show hosted by two brothers who dispense colorful advice to callers to help them solve their car problems. Imagine for a moment a similar show where men – and those who care about them – called in every Sunday morning to ask…

dry and dusty older roads

The majority of the critters that come into our care at Tri County Wildlife Care are not majestic Eagles or gorgeous birds of prey. Often this majority of our intake, the wee ones, is overlooked and sometimes even seen as varmints.