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SOLEDAD — City of Soledad has received a $2 million grant from the state of California for the purchase of a new fire truck that can reach multi-story buildings. Sen. Anna Caballero, who helped to secure the funding in this year’s state budget, presented the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Health and Healing Together hosted the Monterey County dedication of the Rose River Memorial art project to recognize the impact of Covid-19 and promote community healing. The renowned Los Angeles artist who co-founded the national effort was one of the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A new wildfire, named the Coleman Fire, broke out Sunday afternoon adjacent to the Dolan Fire on the Los Padres National Forest and Fort Hunter Liggett army base, west of King City. As of Monday, the fire has grown to an estimated...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Rodeo Salinas has awarded $30,000 in scholarships this year — a record for the Rodeo Association — to local students, several of whom are from South Monterey County. “The Rodeo Association’s generosity will impact these students’ lives, and they will in...

SOLEDAD — The City of Soledad hosted a free mask distribution and Census Pop-Up Drive-Thru at the South County YMCA building on Sept. 3. The crowd was smaller than earlier mask drives at Soledad High School’s parking lot, where cars were lined up into the...

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System has announced the winners of its student poster contest organized to celebrate National Rural Health Day on Nov. 17. Open to all South Monterey County public and private school students from kindergarten to 12th grade, the contest centered...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County internet radio station The Barrel of Rock, through a deal with its distributor LIVE365, has signed an agreement with the subscription service TuneIn On Air. This agreement will allow The Barrel of Rock to expand its reach to 30 million U.S.-based...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield police and fire departments responded to a domestic disturbance March 4 at about 4 p.m. on the 100 block of Eighth Street. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they discovered an adult male suffering from a single stab wound to the torso....

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released preliminary results from its new five-star rating system for Nursing Home Facilities, and has given Mee Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Unit unit a five-star rating.

MONTEREY COUNTY — April is National Poetry Month, and high school students in Monterey County are currently verses-deep into their understanding, appreciating and writing of poetry thanks to poet, nonfiction writer and longtime teacher Patrice Vecchione. She shares, "These kids are incredible. The kids who...