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SOLEDAD — Two new medical personnel have been hired at Soledad Community Health Care District (SCHCD). Amy Underwood has joined as a physician at Soledad Medical Clinic and Lori Stevens has joined as the mammography technician in the new Women’s Health Center. “We’re fortunate to have...

GREENFIELD — A certificate of recognition was recently awarded to Scheid Vineyards in Greenfield by Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated (SMCRWF) for the winery’s patriotism demonstrated by flying the American flag at its place of business. SMCRWF President Jeane Errea-Mills and SMCRWF Caring for...

GONZALES — Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez and Community Engagement Director Carmen Gil were presenters at the 2022 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health Conference held last week in Portland, Ore. The topic of their presentation was “Community Health Workers: Supporting Special Populations through...

SOLEDAD — Monterey Museum of Art hosted a free creativity workshop at Soledad Library last Friday, giving an opportunity for community members to create poetry and art with U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera. Herrera led youth and adults alike in creating mandala circular...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Department of Transportation has awarded a Sustainable Communities Transportation Planning Grant in the amount of $664,127 to the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) and its partners, Monterey County Health Department and Ecology Action, for the Salinas Valley Safe Routes...

SALINAS VALLEY — In an unprecedented collaboration between South County Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, more than 25 teachers from Gonzales Unified School District, Soledad Unified School District and South Monterey County Joint Union High School District participated in the first Work-Based Learning CTE...

Editor’s Note: The following profile is an excerpt from Amy Wu’s upcoming book, “From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food is Grown,” which tells the stories of women entrepreneurs who are transforming agriculture through high technology. Martha Montoya never imagined that her...

SOLEDAD — Panda Express celebrated the grand opening of its first location in South Monterey County last week, located at 600 Nestles Road in Soledad.  The March 18 event, organized in partnership with the City of Soledad and the Soledad Chamber of Commerce, marked a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Severe winter storms have resulted in road closures, evacuation orders and water rescues over the past week due to major flooding throughout the Salinas Valley region, with possibly more rain to come this weekend. The latest storm, an atmospheric river, followed a...