Nevada County’s Idaho-Maryland Mine faces major court setbacks on vested rights and Clean Water Act claims. New General Plan policies highlight legacy mining hazards, raising bigger questions about balancing environmental responsibility, property rights, and the county’s future.

Forty-year business owner and longtime local resident runs on a platform of student safety, academic excellence, and fiscal responsibility

InConcert Sierra recently presented a $2000 ICS Music Matters Award to graduating senior Ari Cook.

In his Father’s Day reflection, Michael James Taylor encourages parents to teach children how to think independently, embrace respectful disagreement, practice humility, and maintain unconditional love—nurturing curious, open minds and strong family bonds amid differences.

Nevada County has a rare opportunity to elect local leader Robb Tucker to Congress. This call urges elected officials and community leaders across party lines to unite behind him for stronger rural representation on water, wildfire, housing, and cost-of-living issues.

Primary Election Results with partial precincts reporting. In Nevada County's 2026 primary coverage: Steve Hilton led the California Governor race statewide with ~27.6% by midnight. Locally, Robb Tucker (Nevada County) topped Congressional District 3 with 34%, narrowly ahead of Ami Bera (33%).

Nevada County court denied Rise Gold’s vested mining rights claim at the Idaho-Maryland Mine but recognized a historic right existed until abandonment in the 1960s. Rise plans to appeal while repositioning the project as a strategic tungsten asset amid national security concerns, pointing toward eventual negotiated resolution.

Nevada County’s unfunded pension liability nearly doubled from $117 million in 2015 to $223.6 million in 2024, with no reduction plan despite warnings. Consequently, the Grand Jury criticize County leadership passivity amid rising compensation and calls for urgent structural reforms.

The unfolding criminal case against the leadership of the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County has taken a dramatic turn, with Executive Director Jamie Jones now the focus of an active manhunt following a wide-ranging felony indictment.

Nevada County’s $470M FY 2026–27 budget balances on paper but masks structural problems: reliance on one-time reserves, rising compensation, a quarter-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, and new debt, reducing future fiscal flexibility.

Nevada County voters face two qualified superintendent candidates, but the race overlooks a critical issue: long-term teacher compensation sustainability, pension liabilities, and fiscal responsibility. Resident urges candidates to address these before Election Day.

Wendy Willoughby and Olivia Pritchett’s woke equity policies on the Nevada Joint Union School Board mirror Hitler Youth indoctrination, replacing academics with identity narratives. This erodes critical thinking, fosters intolerance, and threatens democratic backsliding by producing citizens unfit to steward liberty.

In Nevada County, public employee compensation has roughly doubled to $160,000–$170,000 per worker while median household income stagnates near $79,000. Meanwhile, the county pension system’s funding has dropped sharply to 63%, ballooning unfunded liabilities and straining future budgets.

Is Nevada County’s budget truly structurally balanced? No. Using one-time surplus to fund ongoing costs while adding staff and growing pension debt is not fiscal discipline—it’s postponing the problem.

“The Grand Jury serves an important function, but that function is not to direct school boards on what policies they should adopt.”

A longtime independent voter, frustrated by California's one-party dominance and local issues like housing costs and fiscal imbalance, registers as a Republican to restore political competition while continuing to run for Nevada County Supervisor.

“In complex public-law disputes, that kind of pragmatic equilibrium—rather than total victory—is frequently where events ultimately converge.”

Tickets are on sale now. The new album, Historia, will be released on May 15th.

Counties across California, including Nevada County, have built permanent staffing and program obligations around temporary homelessness funding, creating a structurally unsustainable system that risks abrupt and painful collapse when the money inevitably runs out.

Nevada County native and California Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Sal Alberti has announced his candidacy for Nevada County Auditor-Controller.