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Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 21, 2023

DRUG DISPOSAL GONZALES — Gonzales Police Department will be hosting National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. Residents can eliminate prescription drug...

Guest Column | Volunteerism Helps Stitch Together the Fabric That Binds...

ā€œLife’s most persistent and urgent question is, ā€˜What are you doing for others?ā€™ā€ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these profound words to an...

Fundraiser brings in $150K to support Salinas Valley resident in need...

SALINAS VALLEY — Hundreds of South Monterey County residents gathered last Thursday to raise thousands of dollars for a good cause while showing what...

Salinas Valley Health unveils Rose River Memorial

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Health and Healing Together hosted the Monterey County dedication of the Rose River Memorial art project to recognize the...

Guest Column | Diabetes Risk Is Higher in Rural Communities

For members of previous generations, a ā€œwakeup callā€ meant having a hotel employee ring their room at a certain time to rouse them from...

Mee Memorial CEO makes national list of best rural hospital execs

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System CEO Rena Salamacha has been included on a national list of 80 influential rural hospital leaders. Compiled by...

Guest Column | Let’s Not Neglect Our Real Hearts This February

We all live in a brainiac world, to be sure, but the heart remains the emotional, spiritual center of our being. It’s still such...

New health facility opens in Gonzales

GONZALES — Gonzales city officials, health professionals and guests celebrated the grand opening of the Gonzales Medical Center with a ribbon cutting on Jan....

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System launches Rose River Memorial

SALINAS VALLEY — A photo of the father she lost to Covid-19 was close by as Maria Munoz cut into red felt fabric and...

Monterey County’s state-supported Covid-19 testing sites close

MONTEREY COUNTY — California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently notified the Monterey County Health Department that utilization of Logistics Health Inc. (LHI) Covid-19...

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Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau launches data dashboard in response to...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A new GIS-based data dashboard is now online and available to the public to track where environmental testing and monitoring have...