Remembering our fallen heroes - The Union of Grass Valley and Auburn Journal
Nevada County war veterans who paid “the ultimate price,” were honored in various ceremonies and in private moments Monday, while those who served their country and survived were also feted.

Nevada County relies on reserves; Truckee making cuts - Truckee Sierra Sun
Nevada County’s $19.5 million in reserves will carry it through the current economic downturn, but Truckee, Grass Valley and Nevada City are looking at fiscal struggles ahead.

Decreasing revenues mean cuts to budget - Auburn Journal
Placer County’s flush growth years highlighted by automatic budget increases have hit a roadblock. One of the leaders in population and construction growth in the state, the county is now looking at an 11.1 percent decrease in spending in a budget year starting in July.

Courts to lose employees, $400K in wake of election - The Union of Grass Valley
Nevada County courthouse employees are preparing to receive layoff notices, and the local water district could lose millions of dollars in property taxes as California officials wrestle to keep the state solvent.

Park may not take Shockley name - Auburn Journal
Eugenics proponent and Nobel Prize winner William Shockley may not have his name attached to an Auburn park after all, an Auburn Recreation District director said.

A new game for Truckee area chambers - Truckee Sieera Sun
Nevada County supervisors on Tuesday will unveil a new series of criteria by which local chambers of commerce and other organizations may bid for a share of the county’s tourism promotion budget.

Roseville Electric's anticipated surplus has turned into a deficit - Sac Bee
Roseville Electric officials anticipated that rate increases approved in 2007 would keep the utility in sound fiscal shape for five years.

Feds reject Sutter Roseville’s emergency room correction plan - Sacramento Business Journal
More than four months after a Roseville man walked away from the emergency room at Sutter Roseville Medical Center and hanged himself in a wooded area 500 yards away, the hospital has yet to come up with a correction plan that satisfies federal regulators.

Environmentalists fear for Tahoe amid logging in burned Angora area - Sac Bee
Environmental groups are crying foul over a U.S. Forest Service project to remove burned trees along roads and trails in the 3,100-acre fire area.

Students get up-close look at law enforcement careers - Sac Bee
Two periods a day, 63 students from Placer County high schools are taught firearms training, weaponless self-defense, forensics and law.

Little peace for Colfax Indian Cemetery - Sac Bee
A fallen tree in 2007 led to today's controversy over the the Colfax Indian  Cemetary's closure.

Mistrial declared in DUI case of Sacramento County sheriff's sergeant arrested by Roseville police officer - Sac Bee
A Placer County judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of an off-duty Sacramento County sheriff's sergeant who was accused of driving drunk when he was pulled over by a Roseville police officer in October 2007.