A three-year pilot program being launched by the Columbia College Foundation aims to provide an open door to higher education for hundreds of local public high school graduates. Beginning in fall 2018, the Columbia College ...MORE

Deputies in Calaveras County cracked down on three marijuana grows in separate incidents this week and arrested one Valley Springs man in connection with one of the grows. In Nixle alerts posted Friday to Facebook, ...MORE

Sonora Pass on Highway 108 will not be open during the Memorial Day weekend for the first time in over a decade, and Ebbetts Pass on Highway 4 will also not be open over the ...MORE

Jeremiah Barrett was sentenced to six years in prison and compelled to pay $1,800 in felony restitution on Wednesday at the Calaveras County Superior Court for the charge of voluntary manslaughter and a special allegation ...MORE

The average number of kids being housed at county-operated juvenile halls and camps throughout California in 2015 never topped more than 43 percent of the total combined number of beds available, raising questions about whether ...MORE

Lewayne Grant moved to Columbia in 2015. He wanted to be as far away from his Florida home as possible. He wanted to be a good, long distance from the violence and drugs that were ...MORE

Matthew William Birdsong, aka “Matty B,” was tragically found deceased May 8, 2017, in Sonora. He was 35 years old. Matt was born on May 27, 1981, to Fran Lawrence and John Birdsong, in Sonora, ...MORE

STOCKTON — Sophomore Jordyn Okumura circled the bases, got a high-five from her head coach and smiled jogging down the third base line. Her excited Calaveras teammates were waiting for her at home plate and ...MORE