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GREENFIELD — A 27-year-old Greenfield man has been arrested for the rape of a 63-year-old woman last weekend. According to the Greenfield Police Department, Jane Doe, 63, arrived at a local hospital early Sunday morning, Sept. 4, and reported to staff that she had been...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested the driver of a vehicle for transporting over 2.2 pounds of fentanyl after she was stopped for traffic violations. On the morning of Aug. 13, around 1 a.m., a Monterey County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic...

The U.S. job market remains challenging, with the government reporting Thursday that initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose last week. A total of 741,000 workers filed first-time claims for state jobless benefits last week, an increase of 18,000, the Labor Department said. It was...

MONTEREY COUNTY — County of Monterey is providing assistance to the County of San Benito after a recent fire affected their administrative offices, resulting in the loss of essential office furniture and supplies. On Sept. 8, Hollister firefighters responded to a fire in the vicinity...

SALINAS VALLEY — More patients are being relocated to an Alternate Housing Site at San Lorenzo Park in recent weeks due to an overall increase in Covid-19 cases countywide. The King City site is called Operation Oasis by Monterey County staff, and has 10 trailers...

HALLOWEEN DANCE KING CITY — Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region IV, is hosting a Halloween dance on Monday, Oct. 30, inside the community room at Hartnell College’s King City Education Center, 117 N. Second St. The event, from 4 to 8 p.m., is...

SALINAS VALLEY — Schools throughout Monterey County began coordination with local hospitals, clinics and pharmacies to prepare for March 3, when educators and child care workers became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Among them was Gonzales Unified School District, which partnered with Walgreens for...

SOLEDAD — Soledad Community Health Care District Foundation will host a drawing May 7 for an Amish quilt as part of its annual Mother’s Day fundraiser. Proceeds from tickets purchased for the drawing of the queen-sized quilt will go toward the Soledad Women’s Health Center,...

SOLEDAD — New iPads have been ordered for students at Soledad Unified School District after the school board passed a motion during its Sept. 9 meeting to buy 800 of them. These new devices with cases will update the iPads Air 1 models first leased...

SALINAS VALLEY — Residents of South Monterey County are no strangers to having to travel north to Salinas or beyond for services or activities, and the stretch of Highway 101 between Salinas and Chualar was the topic of last week’s town hall safety discussion. Monterey...