Deer season has ended in Northern California but that does not slow down the California Department of Fish and Game and their search for poachers.
John Kerry’s “botched joke” is not so much of a joke anywhere across the US and particularly here in Amador Co.
The 4-way stop sign in the Martell area was the scene of yet another accident.
Wednesday, the AWA held a special meeting to discuss a long term regional wastewater management plan.
Investigators said Thursday they are seeking arson and murder charges against a man suspected of setting a Southern California wildfire last week that killed five firefighters.
Finally, a break has come in the case of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy that was shot and killed one week ago by an unknown assailant.
The Amador County Elections Department is reporting a dramatic increase in the amount of absentee ballots requested by local voters this General Election cycle. During the lead up to the June Primary Election 8,536 absentee ballots were taken out by Amador County Voters. This November General Election that number has again increased with a whopping 9020 absentee ballots that have been taken out through the elections department. This represents 44.8 percent of the 20,119 registered…
What is an IRWMP? Well, a meeting was held last night to answer that exact question. IRWMP is actually an acronym for Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. AWA staff has participated in the creation of the Mokelumne/Amador/Calaveras (M/A/C) Integrated Regional Water Management Plan as part of the Proposition 50 Chapter 8 program. The IRWMP grant program is a joint program between the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Resources Control Board.
Is the trail going cold on the icy blooded cop killer that took the life of a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy last Friday morning? No according Sacramento County sheriff's investigators who state they are not without leads, thanks to modern forensic science. Evidence found at the site of the shooting of 38 year old Deputy Jeff Mitchell will be analyzed for DNA, including evidence found on Mitchell's body, said Sgt. Tim Curran, Sac County Sheriff’s…
A fight over Veteran rights is raging in the western part of the United States and a local veteran leader is right in the middle of the action. It’s a different battle field, but a fight just the same for Floyd Martin, Amador County Veterans Affair Officer and member of the American Legion Post 108. The fight is over the proposed closure of the Veterans Hospital in Livermore and the skilled nursing facility located at…
