Thursday night General Plan Advisory Committee held Meeting #19 on Non-Roadway Circulation Issues. This includes Trails, Transit, Railways and Airports. The meeting began with a presentation by Bob Devlin on Future Transit Alternatives, specifically taking into account N-E-V’s (neighborhood electric vehicles). These vehicles are fully electric, can travel on roads with posted speed limits under 35 mph, can cross major highways if the road they are intending to cross onto has a speed limit of…
In the Board of Trustee’s meeting last week, an Ione parent says they are concerned about Amador County Unified School district’s mold problem they had last year. The problem was discovered at Ione Elementary after a teacher reported mold to administrators. After inspections and testing, one classroom came back with one mold spore found. The remediation (clean up) was completed and the room retested.
Narcotics Investigators from the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office seized 27-hundred marijuana plants in an early morning raid near Mountain Ranch Thursday. The raid took place at West Muray Creek Rd. and Doster Rd. Investigators described the cultivation location as three different gardens that were 30 yards apart and connected by trails.
A triple fatality accident was reported in Calaveras County Saturday evening. CHP say a trio of occupants in a 1993 Dodge Ram pick up were traveling on Railroad Flat Rd going 50 to 55 miles per hour when, for an unknown reason, the 70 year old male driver, allowed the truck to leave the roadway. He then overcorrected and sent the pick up into a slide. The truck then continued the slide across the road…
The state budget is finally signed with Governor Schwarzenegger making some waves by cutting several programs including a program for the mentally ill homeless population. The governor, however, did keep some priorities in the budget. The top expenditures in California's 2007-08 budget include general fund figures, which cover daily operations, and a larger figure that includes bond payments and special distribution funds: The state will spend on K-12 education: $41.3 billion. On Health and Human…
The soil on Mars may contain microbial life, according to a new interpretation of data first collected more than 30 years ago. The search for life on Mars appeared to hit a dead end in 1976 when the Viking landers touched down on the planet and failed to detect biological activity. But German scientists said on Friday the spacecraft may in fact have found signs of a weird life form based on hydrogen peroxide on…
Amador County Public Health and Animal Control say there is an urgent message for members of the community. A press release from Ione says a resident was bit by a dog Tuesday evening. The dog remains unidentified and if not found the person that was bit could be facing a series of preventative rabies vaccinations. The incident occurred around seven-in-the-evening on Shakeley Lane in Ione. The dog is described as a small, older Chihuahua, white…
Amador Fire Protection District says they have approved the 2007-2008 budget in the amount of 1.8-million-dollars. The budget includes 245-thousand-dollars for employee’s salaries and the bulk of the budget, or almost 1.3 million- dollars going to services and supplies. The main supply of money for the Fire District is from special assessments and county aid dollars. In 2007 the A-F-P-D also received 152- thousand dollars from the Special Indian Gaming Distribution Fund, although the 2007-2008…
A smoldering campfire yesterday morning on some Bureau of Land Management property at the end of Belden Mine Rd in Buckhorn got quite the fire response. The abandoned campfire was discovered by a neighbor and reported to local fire officials. Although this fire was caught quickly and in time this is an example of how easily the irresponsibility of one can lead to devastation for a community. The Tahoe area Angora Fire was started by…
