How many of you have experience working with or interacting with undocumented or “illegal” immigrants? (I don’t use the term “aliens” because that’s reserved for when we get invaded from space.) After ...

The Calaveras County Planning Commission, on Jan. 23, voted 3-1 to support a proposed amendment to the county’s general plan to add a section in the community planning element for Copperopolis.

The first time the Bret Harte High School boys’ basketball team faced the Summerville Bears was in the Mother Lode League ...

Jeff Eltringham was eager to see how his team would respond after a heartbreaking 58-55 overtime road loss to the Riverbank Bruins three days earlier. The loss was Bret Harte’s first – and so far, ...

The three-point loss that the Calaveras High School boys’ basketball team suffered to the Bret Harte Bullfrogs on Jan. 24 could be a defining moment in their season. The Red Hawks had two choices: let ...

The Calaveras High School girls’ basketball team put together a strong first half against the Riverbank Bruins, the top team ...

Among the most unique residents in the history of Angels Camp was Rasmus “Big Nels” Nielsen, a real-life circus strongman whose entire body was tattooed, except for his head, neck, hands, feet, and ...

Every year for the past 25-years, I await with a tender heart to receive a handmade candle in the mail, impeccably packaged, with a personal letter and a hand-written note from Claire in Seattle, ...

Along with a victim identification made in a 40-year cold case apparent homicide reported elsewhere in this issue, law enforcement officials detailed other case and incident activities. Last Thursday ...

The Bret Harte High School boys’ soccer team still has a shot at making the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs, but ...

The Calaveras High School boys’ soccer team is limping toward the end of the regular season. A combination of illnesses, ...

Conyers Betty June Conyers passed away peacefully January 10, 2025 at age 93. She lived a full life devoted to her family. She is preceded in death by her husband Jim. After Betty and her sister Bobby ...