Soledad High School students demonstrate job skills through program
SOLEDAD — Soledad High School’s Career and Technical Student Organization, named SkillsUSA, has been awarded the Quality Chapter Award for the third year in a row.
The award is earned by running a successful chapter, including electing officers, having members and competitors meet the SkillsUSA...
Sunday night shooting kills 1 in Soledad
SOLEDAD — Soledad Police is looking for two suspects involved in a shooting that killed one person and injured another Sunday night.
At about 8 p.m. on Oct. 10, officers from the Soledad Police Department responded to a shooting in the 100 block of Iris...
Casey Printing to print King City Rustler and Salinas Valley Tribune newspapers once again
KING CITY — Casey Printing in King City will once again print the King City Rustler and Salinas Valley Tribune.
The community newspapers are both owned by New SV Media, which recently decided to switch to the local printer for its weekly publications, beginning with...
Mee Memorial attempts to thwart Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
SALINAS VALLEY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System in King City has received a federal grant to help improve Covid-19 vaccine confidence throughout its service area in southern Monterey County, spanning more than 55 miles between Soledad and Bradley.
Health Resources and Services Administration provided the...
Gonzales High School football coach calls it quits
GONZALES — Art Berlanga announced he would no longer be the football coach at Gonzales High School, effective immediately on March 11.
Berlanga had time to tell the most-affected by his decision beforehand in a coaches meeting and a team meeting with athletes prior to...
Community Foundation for Monterey County announces LEAD Institute 2025 participants
MONTEREY COUNTY — Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has selected 28 emerging nonprofit managers to join the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Institute’s 2025 cohort.
LEAD is a year-long professional development institute offered by the CFMC’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence to foster strong, effective...
Only 1 in 6 homeless infants and toddlers enrolled in early childhood programs in California, study finds
CALIFORNIA — Enrollment in early childhood development programs can mitigate some of the consequences of homelessness among infants and toddlers, but only 1 out of 9 of these children are enrolled in such programs, according to a recent national report. In California, 1 out...
City of Soledad receives $750K in CDBG funds
SOLEDAD — City of Soledad has been awarded $750,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The grant award will go to small businesses located in Soledad as they continue to recover from...
Mee Memorial Hospital recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Mee Memorial Hospital will be offering mammograms for women over 40 at a rate of $99.
A tribute to veterans
The Salinas Old Downtown streets were filled as families, veterans and friends waited for the eighth annual Veterans Day Parade to begin Nov. 11.
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Proposed Greenfield, King City high school district split heads to public...
GREENFIELD — A proposal that could separate Greenfield and King City high schools into two different unified school districts will be the focus of...
