Jamestown News

Two people suffered major injuries in an auto collision this morning on Highway 108, just east of Stockton Road, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Last year Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties received a joint grant of nearly $400,000 to help manage household hazardous waste.

Hwy 108 between Washington St. and Stockton Rd. will remain closed for at least another hour due to a head-on accident earlier this morning.

Tuolumne County supervisors voted Tuesday to borrow $4.2 million internally to buy property in Sonora for a $253 million law and justice center.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission has not closed its investigation into upcoming travel plans by Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Teri Murrison, the head of the watchdog agency said Monday.

Tuolumne County's "movie star" locomotive, the historic Sierra No. 3, is back in Jamestown and a step closer to returning to rail service.

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley leads a group of students through the America I Am: The African American Imprint exhibition at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA.

The famous movie locomotive Sierra No. 3 this morning leaves the Sacramento railyards, where it has been undergoing rehabilitation, and heads for home in Jamestown, Tuolumne County.

Law enforcement officials in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties have Halloween advice for both kids and adults: Don't eat unsealed candy from strangers and don't drink and drive.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sonora police reports FRIDAY 9:24 a.m., theft - A woman said her two cats and miscellaneous items were stolen from her home on North Stewart Street.

A discarded rag used for deck staining was the cause of a structure fire Sunday evening that caused $10,000 damage to a garage and $2,000 to its contents.

She knew it was there. And by cracky, in just one morning of panning the creekbed, Janet Gilray had a handful of gold flecks in her hand.

Authorities say a Jamestown man may have been involved in a home-invasion style robbery at a Long Barn home earlier this month.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sonora police reports MONDAY 3:51 p.m., fraudulent activity - A caller on East Jackson Street said a Social Security number was stolen and used to open a telephone account at a bar on the 14400 block of Highway 108 in Jamestown.

Hundreds of people lined up early this morning at the Health Fair, held at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports FRIDAY 9:16 a.m., Cedar Ridge - A stolen all-terrain vehicle was found stripped and abandoned at Brookside Drive and Kewin Mill Road.

We said it first in May 2006 and, on this particular subject, nothing has changed.

Ron and Lorie Gianelli see no reason why Tuolumne County can't become as recognized for its grapes and wines as any other Mother Lode county.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sonora police reports THURSDAY 9:27 a.m., controlled substances - A small plastic bag of suspected illegal drugs was found on South Barretta Street.

A toothy fish that President Theodore Roosevelt traveled through the Amazon to catch has turned up in Don Pedro.