Harrington brought back to familiar role

Calaveras Enterprise Brent Harrington is no stranger to county government. He’s served in multiple roles throughout the years, and the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors has brought him back for more. After former Planning Director Rebecca Willis announced her resignation in August and left her post in mid-September, county officials scrambled for a temporary replacement and Harrington proved to be the natural choice. “I was approached by the... Read More

Water School just the start of vocational training vision

By Dana M. Nichols October 14, 2013 Record Staff Writer VALLEY SPRINGS – Businessman Tom Coe’s dream of remaking Valley Springs into a hub for vocational training and industry is now more than just a dream. A key piece of Coe’s vision – a school to train water utility plant operators – began holding classes on an elementary school campus in town over summer and is expected to move in a few months to the 640 acres of... Read More

CCWD to revisit sprinkler policy

By Stephen Crane | Posted: Friday, October 11, 2013 8:02 am http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_0affd33e-3286-11e3-a138-0019bb2963f4.html   The Calaveras County Water District Board met Wednesday morning and discussed the role fire-suppression systems now play in home construction.   “This is about cost,” said Director Jeff Davidson. “It’s an issue before us because it’s too expensive.”   The state’s Building Standards... Read More

Environmentally friendly legislation has become an endangered species

Among the big stack of bills that Brown now has until Oct. 13 to sign or veto, measures to protect California’s environment are few and far between. Read Story Here  Read More

Calaveras Transit Transportation Survey

The Calaveras Council of Governments is inviting county residents to fill out a survey on intercity transit service. Find the form on the Calaveras Transit website at transit.calaverasgov.us. Click on the survey link below the heading that says “Calaveras Transit Intercity Service Feasibility Study.”  Read More

Early truancy problems spiral statewide

  Calaveras County tops list for having most K-6 students missing school By Dana M. Nichols also by Roger Phillips Record Staff Writers SAN ANDREAS – Calaveras County has the highest truancy rate for elementary school students in California, contributing to a crisis that harms K-6 education statewide, according to a report issued Monday by the state Attorney General’s office. According to the report, California public schools lost... Read More

Calaveras High School Grad addresses U.S. House

Emily Dondero, Calaveras High School alumna, and project manager with the Sierra Business Council, was flown to Washington, D.C., to share about the impacts of the Rim Fire. She addressed the House of Representatives Tuesday, Sept. 17. Read Story Here  Read More

State parks officials and tribes work together to restore sacred site

Thanks to a historic agreement between the state and half a dozen local Indian tribes, California Indians are performing ceremonial dances again this weekend in one of the most sacred sites in Indian Country – the Chaw’se Roundhouse in Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park Story Here  Read More

Salvage logging bill sparks controversy

  By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer September 29, 2013 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, this week introduced a bill to speed salvage logging within the 400-square-mile burned area of the Rim Fire. McClintock says the bill is needed because lawsuits by environmentalists or regulatory hurdles could otherwise delay such logging so long that the wood inside dead trees would no longer be usable. At least one environmentalist,... Read More

Crazy Horse stalled at the starting gate

By Alicia Castro | Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:13 am Board denies controversial planning appeal Crazy Horse Estates, a proposed subdivision on Pool Station Road, has been in the works since 2008, but Thursday, the development was stopped in its tracks by a unanimous decision by the Board of Supervisors to deny the applicants’ appeal. “We were obviously disappointed by the decision the board came to,” said Sam Mosby, a builder from... Read More