West Point News

Have you heard about the cannibals of Calaveras County? Rumors have been swirling around the small mountain community of West Point for the past few weeks.

He may be a casualty of  “don't ask, don't tell,” but as a magnetic LGBT activist, Dan Choi's future has never looked brighter.

Electrical powerlines have been listed as the cause of a small vegetation fire Saturday in the West Point area of Calaveras County.

On a late Tuesday afternoon, J.C. Elliott walked into his living room where Rick Ashley, and his son, Jonathan, were sitting on the couch, drinking sodas from glass cups.

Anthony Woods says he grew up without health insurance, struggled to get an education and fought in Iraq, a war he didn't believe in.

Too many regulatory hoops stand in the way of creating affordable housing in Calaveras County.

San Andreas Sanitary District and Calaveras County Water District will together receive more than $7.5 million in federal stimulus money for much needed projects in San Andreas and West Point, leaders at each district have just learned.

Dozens of gay rights protesters assembled Wednesday outside the Beverly Hilton hotel where President Obama appeared at a star-studded Democratic Party fundraiser.

In an item just released this morning, 28 year old Christian Thompson of West Point was arrested and booked into the Calaveras County Jail on a charge of driving-under-the-influence Saturday morning minutes after two o'clock. According to the CHP report Thompson was driving eastbound on Main St.

Photos by Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff The St. Augustine Academy graduating class welcomes Jean Collins as its valedictorian Saturday afternoon.

The economic future of West Point and other former Mother Lode lumber towns will be the subject of testimony presented before the House Resources Committee today in Washington by Calaveras County Supervisor Steve Wilensky.

In the face of delays by President Obama on his pledge to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, a growing chorus by scholars, activists, military veterans, and the public is calling on the White House to end the ban immediately.

The Calaveras County Water District board of directors has dismissed David Andres, the district's top administrator.

A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by defense attorneys to dismiss charges against 11 Vietnam War veterans accused of trying to overthrow the government of Laos.

Unreachable by car, Mount Tam's West Point Inn is a popular pit stop for hikers and mountain bikers.

Steve Wilensky, the Calaveras County supervisor who represents the former timber-industry communities of West Point, Wilseyville and Rail Road Flat, will testify May 21 in Washington before the House Resources Committee.

U.S. Army first lieutenant Dan Choi appeared on The Rachel Maddow Sho w on Thursday to discuss his dismissal under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Facing a budget shortfall estimated as high as $420,000, Calaveras Transit must significantly scale back service and raise fares, according to a consultant's report.

Cal Fire will conduct a prescribed burn in the Lily Valley area east of West Point starting today.

Anthony Woods, shown during a commencement speech at Harvard University, is running for the House of Representatives./AP It's hard to say whether John Garamendi saw this one coming, or if he did, if he took it seriously.