Back in time: Nevada County Historical Society set to present on extensive online archive project
Dom Lindars of the Nevada County Historical Society has been hard at work—along with a number of his peers—launching the Nevada County Historical Archive, which allows both residents both local
Nevada County Planning Workshop 2025: How to Finally Understand Local Planning Without Falling Asleep
If you’ve ever looked at a county planning agenda and thought, “Do I need a law degree and three pots of coffee to get through this?”—you’re not alone. Planning meetings can feel like a foreign lan…
Fresh Air, Sharper Minds: Why Getting Kids Outside Boosts Grades, Mood, and Real-Life Curiosity
If your kids think “outside” is just a loading screen between Wi-Fi signals, this one’s for you. As a mom of three and a small-town nature wanderer, I’ve watched my kids come alive in the wild—mudd…
Back to School Night Brings the Community Together in a Big Way
Tonight was one of those evenings that reminds you exactly why small-town living is so special. The 2nd Annual Back to School Night at the North San Juan Community Center was an absolute success, w…
A tortoise in a wheelbarrow, a bear in a Subaru, and a saxophone so powerful it triggered an alarm system—just another batch of calls in Nevada County.
Check out Call Log Diaries #30 for the full dose of small-town weirdness. You won’t believe what went down at the roundabout on East Main... trust me.
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Call Log Diaries #30: Saxophones, Subarus & Shenanigans
Welcome back to another thrilling Call Log Diaries – aka “Why Is This a 911 Call?” This week, we’ve got a tortoise on a joyride, a bear where it doesn’t belong, car alarm pu…
Parenting Made Easy: Nevada County Public Health Resources
If there’s one thing parenting will teach you, it’s that “winging it” only works for so long—usually until the first time you realize you’ve been giving your toddler fruit snacks for dinner three n…
Surviving Small Town Gossip (And Using It to Your Advantage)
Small-town gossip is like wildfire—only faster, and without the courtesy of a CAL FIRE update. If you live in a place where the population is smaller than the line at Starbucks in the next county o…
Nevada County’s Big Glow-Up: Roads, Broadband, and More on the Horizon
If you’ve been living in Nevada County for a while, you know that “infrastructure improvement” used to mean someone filled a pothole and maybe fixed a streetlight. But lately? The county is levelin…
Call Log Diaries #29: Bacon Bandits, Buried Guns & Bad Jokes Gone Worse
Nevada County’s dispatch logs are back at it again, delivering a mix of chaos, confusion, and characters that would give any soap opera a run for its money. From Instacart driver concerns to bacon …
Wildfire Watch: The Richards Fire and Why It Matters to Nevada County
Nevada County is abuzz—as in, “did someone leave the stovetop on?”—all thanks to the Richards Fire, which ignited on August 1, 2025, on private land. Authorities continue to monitor the situation c…
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