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March 21, 2026

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Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha

Guest Column | Responding to Community Needs: A Rural Health System...

Mee Memorial Healthcare System is the sole hospital serving South Monterey County. For more than 60 years, it has been the community’s primary source...
Covid-19 Memorial Garden

Guest Column | A Covid Memorial Garden to Remember 940 Neighbors,...

The Covid-19 pandemic left an indelible mark on communities across the world, and Monterey County was no exception. In our county alone, 940 of...

Letter to the Editor | Addressing Local Railroad History

To the Editor: As I picked up a copy of Monterey County’s publication, ā€œThe County of Monterey: 175 Years, A Brief Look at Our History,ā€...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | King City Shows Good Leadership; Washington,...

As surely will be reported upon in this issue, the State of the City was well stated last week by a threesome of King...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | My New Favorite City

And the award for the Best Airport in the World goes to … JFK! Said no one ever! After a long flight across the...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Natural Highs and Political Lows

While making my way through social media the other day, I came across some photos taken by my friends J&J, a mother-son duo, of...

Letter to the Editor | Friday Honks for Justice

To the Editor: If you drive by the Welcome sign where Highway 101 meets King City on any Friday afternoon, you will see sign-carrying citizens...
Tahra Goraya

Guest Column | When Women Exit the Workforce, the Economy Pays...

Across the United States — and around the world — women are quietly exiting the workforce. Some leave abruptly after hostile workplace experiences. Others...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Black Lawman and a White...

Once again as I sit down at my laptop, gather myriad notes on scraps of paper, lay my cell phone next to me for...
Library books reading

Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...

March is when spring officially begins with the Vernal Equinox on March 20 and we spring forward with our clocks on March 8. 1. At...

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