ACRA is hosting a screening of "Finding the Mother Lode," which is a PBS documentary about Italian immigrants in California. The film makers, Gianfranco Franco, and his wife, Suma, interviewed Doug Ketron, John Leggett and me, so the film have quite a bit of history about local Italian families and Amador County. The screening will be held at the Hub, in Jackson, on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 p.m. The admittance fee is $5.00, and…
The Amador Gourd Artists will be holding the third annual Gourd Ornament Workshop on Saturday, October 25, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Amador County Agricultural Department at 12200B Airport Road in Jackson. There will be three gourd art projects, which will last two hours each. Participants will be able to take three different pieces of work home with them at the end of the day. Participants should wear work clothes and/or…
Amador County (September 30, 2014)- Get out your neon and glow sticks and join Operation Care for the second annual Purple Soldier Neon Fun Run to raise awareness of domestic violence. This purposeful night-time event scheduled for the evening of Saturday, October 25th, is sponsored by the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, and will begin and end in the Parking Lot across from the Public Service Building on Dalton Road in Jackson. Registration will begin at 7:00…
Amador County is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2014 CDBG Grant by the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development. This grant has a total amount of $1.6 million, of which $95,000 is dedicated to performing a planning study on needed improvements to the River Pines PUD water system, and $1.5 million is dedicated to improvements to the Amador Water Association’s CAWP system in Pioneer. The improvements paid for…
NORRA Announces New Event Formatting For2015 NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally -- Sanctioning Body To Separate Vintage And Evolution Classes ---- NORRA Creates New “Historic Trophy” Category ---- Tire Size Regulations Also Announced For 2015 -- (Agua Dulce, Calif.): As the off-road world prepares for this weekend’s annual gathering at the 2014 Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo Powered By General Tire, NORRA (National Off Road Racing Association) today announced new event formatting and tire sizes for next…
Amador County Library is featuring a display of books and resources about mental illness, treatments, recovery, wellness - all new books that the Library was able to purchase through a gift from NAMI Amador. There are also manyFREE NAMI pamphlets about mental illnesses and their treatments, all good information for the public. Last fall NAMI Amador and Amador County Behavioral Health received one of the CalMHSA Community Outreach grants for rural counties - one…
Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort’s slots and table games paid out nearly $3 million to guests during the month of September. “September was a great month for patrons at Jackson Rancheria,” said Rich Hoffman, CEO of Jackson Rancheria. “October is sure to be just as rewarding with all of the exciting fall events and promotions that we have planned for our guests.” 2014 Sierra Harvest Brew-Fest Sunday, October 19 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This…
