Political veterans vie for District 4 seat in Calaveras

By Dana M. Nichols May 05, 2012 Record Staff Writer Editor’s note: 13th in a series SAN ANDREAS – Three seasoned elected leaders are facing off against each other in Calaveras County supervisorial District 4. The district was redrawn... Learn More

Trinitas owners now bank employees

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer May 10, 2012 12:00 AM MODESTO – The Trinitas golf course will cease operation by June 1, according to documents filed in federal court, and it appears the man who once owned and operated it will instead... Learn More

State Assembly and District 2 Candidates Debate the Issues

Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:53 pm Candidates for the 5th State Assembly District opined on issues such as the state budget, the death penalty and gay rights at a debate held in San Andreas Tuesday. Of the six candidates running, Mark Belden,... Learn More

EBMUD proposal to raise Pardee Dam drowns in vote

By The Record April 30, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – The proposal to raise Pardee Dam and drown a popular whitewater run where the Mokelumne River crosses Highway 49 is officially dead. As expected, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board... Learn More

Bank Reaps Trinitas Property

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer April 18, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – After going once, then going twice, the 280-acre Trinitas golf course property is now gone to a new owner: Community Bank of San Joaquin. Until a foreclosure auction... Learn More

Judge Rejects Plea to Block Trinitas Foreclosure

SACRAMENTO (Source: Dana M. Nichols The Record, Stockton, Calif.(MCT)  – A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday afternoon rejected a last-minute plea to block a foreclosure auction of the Trinitas golf course property. The auction is scheduled for... Learn More

Ag Organizations to Host Candidates Nights

Calaveras County, CA The Calaveras County Farm Bureau, Calaveras County Cattlemen’s Association, Calaveras Grown and the Calaveras Winegrape Alliance are joining forces to hold candidates nights in each of the three supervisorial districts being contested... Learn More

Forest Service to cut timber harvests

Written by Ryan Campbell, The Union Democrat April 12, 2012 03:44 pm Area loggers gathered in Sonora on Wednesday to hear updates on the health of the Stanislaus National Forest, and learn how much timber will be harvested on public lands in the coming... Learn More

EBMUD likely to drop Pardee Reservoir expansion

Written by Union Democrat staff April 04, 2012 01:39 pm Opponents of a controversial proposed expansion to Pardee Reservoir in northern Calaveras County expect that portion of a long-range East Bay Municipal Utility District water supply plan to be eliminated... Learn More

Motherlode Regional Broadband Project Encroachment Permit Approved

April 03, 2012 09:29 am B.J. Hansen, MML News Director Sonora, CA — Work will soon begin in Sonora on a regional project that will boost broadband internet connectivity. In Summer of 2010, the Central Valley Independent Network Fiber Optic Project... Learn More