CCAT presented the following recommendations to Nevada County's Transit Services Commission in order to enhance rather than reduce Nevada County's transit capabilities. October 15, 2008 To: Transit Services Commission Re: Gold Country Stage Servic...

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Jim Mills, who directed the Campus Life youth ministry from his home for three decades, passed away of cancer Tuesday night. He was 68.Thousands of Nevada County high school students passed through the Christian program, which meets Tuesday nights...

Nice visit with Janien and Darby, a husband-wife team born and raised in the Midwest, that just opened up a glassworks shop on Spring Street in Nevada City. Their specialty is beads, but not the kind you're thinking �" these are the kind of intri...

Barely a month after Posh Nosh restaurant shut down, building owner R.D. Schmitz has the Broad Street storefront spruced up, open and (mostly) stocked with antiques.Schmitz has owned the prime real estate for about 40 years, using it as the Nevada...

Despite stormy weather Saturday, the promise of copious quantities of new snow on the mountain was too much to pass up, and I headed for Sugar Bowl Ski Resort on Donner Summit.Inches kept adding up Friday night and Saturday, turning would-be groom...

I'd by lying if I said I didn't have some apprehension about hiking out into the woods to find a homeless camp this morning.Parked on the side of East Bennett Road, The Union Photographer John Hart and I exchanged dubious looks as we considered th...

Deer Creek Inn �" a six-guestroom bed-and-breakfast on Nevada Street in Nevada City �" will close Dec. 23, owner Eileen Strangfeld said.The B&B is one of five B&Bs currently operating downtown, along with Red Castle Inn, The Parsonage, Emma Neva...

Downtown dinner options just got skimpier in Nevada City.Citronee Bistro owners are leaving for Santa Barbara and will close shop Saturday night, a friend said. The restaurant was featured in the Hallmark movie "The Christmas Card."Posh Nosh next ...

Grass Valley Police officers are looking for downtown businesses to talk about disorderly youth at a meeting Thursday morning, but registration closed Monday.Officer Zack LaFerriere, Sgt. Joe Matteoni and Chief John Foster will lead the meeting at...

Double, double toil and trouble, Grass Valley's city council candidate forum started with a cauldron-belching bang Thursday night when Ed Yarborough delivered opening remarks likening the current council members to a "liberal covenant of witches."...

Thursday, The Union got calls from several folks who had taken items to sell at the Teasure Hunter Roadshow, which had set up shop at the Holbrooke Hotel. The roadshow claimed to be paying top dollar for antiques, jewelry, gold and silver.One woma...

The eighth annual Loomis Art Loop Art Studio Tour is a free open-studio event. Follow the map and bright yellow signs to six studios not more than five minutes apart. At each stop visitors will be welcomed by two or three professional artists eage...

The show must go on!  No rain, sleet, nor snow can prevent "The King and I" from going on. Please do come if you have tickets this weekend. You will be glad you did!  We have a number of sold-out performances, so if you miss this weekend, you m...

Caren Armstrong’s playing style references folk, country, blues, jazz, traditional and popular music yet is distinctively her own. Running the emotional gambit from the touching “I Feel Your Love� to the sassy “Stay Away From Me,� she en...

The idea for Joshua Watts to release albums came to him in late 2007 when he began taking his songwriting seriously. The original thought was to sell his songs to established artists, but after recording his own demos and letting others hear his w...

Mention Joe Craven and picture a stage that looks more like a yard sale; found objects from the natural environment as well as trash bins and thrift stores. Throw in string and percussion instruments from around the world �" and around the house....

The screening of TIBET IN SONG is a benefit for the Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra's (CATS) cultural enrichment program. This documentary film is presented by the Nevada Theatre Film Series and CATS. Among TIBET IN SONG'S many awards was th...

An interactive comedy murder mystery based on the gold rush, “Gold Fever!� will be performed with dinner service Fridays in October. Wine and alcoholic beverages will be available for an additional charge.  Affairs To Remember, a Sacramento-b...

Grass Valley Taiko, in celebration of its 10th Anniversary, together with the Center for the Arts, proudly present Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka, the Father of Taiko in North America, and the world-renown San Francisco Taiko Dojo, at the Center for ...

The second annual Pumpkin and Ponies Playday, benefiting the UCP/ Saddle Pals Grass Valley Therapeutic Riding Center, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Blue Fountain Farm, 17761 Grizzly Bear Drive, Grass Valley. “Last year’s event ...

The Andrews BrothersThe New '40's MusicalBy Roger Bean The Andrews Brothers will be performed at 8:15 PM every Friday and Saturday evening from September 10th through October 23rd. There are TWO Sunday matinees, at 2:00PM on September 26th and on ...