DOWNIEVILLE — On Saturday, the Downieville Fire Auxiliary hosted Holiday on Main, an annual craft fair event. The fair drew participants from Sierra County and beyond who sold jewelry, candles, ...

HALLELUJAH JUNCTION — A confrontation between occupants of two vehicles escalated into a fatal shooting on December 6, 2025, claiming the lives of two Reno residents along southbound Highway 395 in ...

State Senator Mike McGuire is running for Congress against Rep. Doug LaMalfa. His long experience in public service began by successfully running in every race for School Board at age 19, City Council ...

DOWNIEVILLE — On Wednesday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife injected 212,000 chinook salmon eggs into the bed of the North Yuba River near Downieville at five separate sites. The step ...

CALIFORNIA — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will be holding a public meeting on Tuesday, September 16, from 6 to 8 PM, allowing the public an opportunity to provide input for ...

At daylight, a gentle northwest breeze pushed along a female swan and her three dark cygnets. The youngsters swam dutifully behind their mother, away from the protection of the tall bankside weeds ...

SACRAMENTO — Cal Fire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) launched an online Vegetation Burn Severity Viewer today. The new viewer allows users to see how wildfires have impacted vegetation ...

The bridge on Highway 89 through Sierraville was damaged December in a hit-and-run. Caltrans proposes increasing the posted speed limit over the bridge by 5 mph. Photo courtesy of Sierra County ...

Healthy Babies is a new innovative home visiting program, brought to you in partnership with Child Advocates of Nevada County and Sierra County Public Health. Healthy Babies is a voluntary program ...

Richard Eugene Blankenbiller of Sierra City passed away on February 9th, 2025, in Truckee due to internal organ complications. He was 82 years young. Richard was born in Santa Paula, CA, on December ...

SIERRA COUNTY — Last November, Patrice Miller was found dead in her Downieville home, along with signs of a bear encounter. At the time, the Sierra County Coroner believed she had been mauled ...

SIERRA COUNTY — San Francisco State University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus has released this year’s spring and summer course offerings. Classes and workshops ...