Avery News

The ballot is almost set for a late-summer vote in Calaveras County. Twenty-six utility and service "special district" boards around the county have seats up for grabs in this election cycle.

Mokelumne Hill's Jessica Dominick reigned supreme in Saturday's Junior Frog Jump competition at the Altaville Melones Fire District Station in Angels Camp.

Eighth-grade girls from Calaveras County got their moment in the spotlight Saturday at the 2009 Junior Miss Calaveras contest.

The Avery Middle School band continues to rank highly in competition. For the second year in a row, the Hawks went to the Forum Music Festival at Ohlone College in San Jose and impressed a pair of judges.

The best and brightest faculty members from each Calaveras County school district were honored Thursday at Ironstone Vineyards in a county-wide Rotary Club luncheon.

Evan as flames came to within 8 feet of his remote Avery home during the Old Gulch Fire of 2004, Paul Moeller was catching it all on video tape.

Catering to the tastes of one of the most famous rock bands of all time, and serving meals to homeless hurricane refugees, are worlds apart from one another in most people's minds.

THE VALLECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT in Avery, CA is seeking applicants for the following positions: Technology Specialist 12 month, 8 hrs per day Food Transport Driver 12 hrs per week Food Service Worker 1 hr ...

Belleview Elementary School has just joined the list of those that are closed today due to the inclement weather conditions.

A Mountain Ranch man was sentenced Friday to three years probation for shooting his younger brother in the shoulder during a family gathering in Avery.

The resignation Tuesday of interim Community Development Agency director John Taylor turns another page in the continuing saga of interim appointments in Calaveras County government.

The stretch of Highway 4 heading east from Forest Meadows may seem like recreation paradise considering amenities ranging from White Pines Park and U.S. Forest Service lands to Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

Calaveras County bird counters Saturday made some interesting finds, but said bird numbers appeared to be down from last year.

Property tax apportionments for two Calaveras County fire districts and the setting of an election date for a third will be considered by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the board's last meeting of the ...

Cases of pertussis - whooping cough - have been confirmed in two Angels Camp residents, and five students at area schools are being diagnosed for a respiratory illness that could be pertussis, Calaveras County ...

The spacious home of the first doctor to practice in the city of Angels Camp has had help returning largely to its original state.