Columbia News

More wet weather is coming Friday after a weak system moved through overnight, dropping light amounts of rain in the foothills and dusting Sierra passes with snow.

The Columbia Area Advisory Council met Wednesday night and learned from the State Parks district superintendent of cuts facing Columbia State Historic Park.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports WEDNESDAY 8:20 a.m., Columbia area - A man in a white pickup dumped 25 bags of trash off an embankment near the 13100 block of Yankee Hill Road.

By a 5-0 vote this morning the Tuolumne County supervisors approved a 40 year lease agreement with Gold Country Hangars to build a 14,925 square foot facility at the Pine Mountain Lake Airport in the south county.

Leigh Cara Hussman has a strict rule: No Christmas music until the day after thanksgiving! The singer/dancer from Visalia has been singing "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas" and other Yuletide favorites for two weeks, though, and loving every minute of it.

It is Veterans Day, a Federal and State Holiday that salutes, recognizes and honors our Nation's service veterans.

The Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office charged a Sonora man with one felony count of carjacking with use of a deadly weapon in a complaint filed Thursday.

The Heritage Tours and Setness Tours companies are planning the following trips: Heritage Tours: Mystery Trip on Wednesday; Albany Golden Gate Fields; Jackson: Main Street Theater: "A Tuna Christmas"; Sonora: Sierra Repertory Theater; and Columbia Fallon House Theater: Christmas My Way.

BROTHERS ETHAN and Jesse Hinman sit outside grandma Alice Hinmana s Columbia home.

Tuolumne County Health Department Nurse Practitioner Marsha Malgesini gives a nasal vaccination to Soulsbyville Elementary School first-grader Olivia Lang, of Sonora.

Vaccines to combat H1N1 have started arriving in Tuolumne County schools and should be in Calaveras County schools next week.

Living in Northern California, you hear many stories about the California Gold Rush area.

Officials say a man who was found shot inside a Columbia-area home was the victim of homicide.

Law enforcement is investigating whether there was any foul play related to the death of a Columbia man on Tuesday.

Saturday evening deputies from the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office assisted El Cerrito police in arresting a rape and kidnapping suspect from the Bay Area.

10-24-09 - Columbia - CA - Restaurant management consultant, Gary Hall, founder of Legendary Business Principles brings a unique approach to restaurant consulting and the service industry.

Although the state has not yet declared the 2009 fire season over, last week's storm dealt it a crippling blow.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 9:03 a.m., Sonora Meadows - A woman on the 16500 block of Creekside Drive said two men tried to get into her home about 3:30 a.m. but her boyfriend chased them off.

P.G.& E. service crews are closing in on eliminating all storm related power outages in the Mother Lode.

Power outage numbers continue to fluctuate as P.G.& E. crews continue to work around the clock.