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NID mountain watershed holds 92 percent of average water content
The March 1 snow surveys showed NID’s highest course, Webber Peak, at 7,800 feet, had 69.6 inches of snow with a water content of 23.8 inches. The English Mountain snow course (7,100 ft.) had 91.9 inches of snow with a water content of 35 inches.
NCTV telethon raises more than $8,000 for Nevada County libraries
The six-hour telethon featured a number of literary figures, including poets Molly Fisk, Steve Sanfield and Gary Snyder, who won a Pulitzer Prize. Musician Ludi Hinrichs played the didgeridoo and trombone at the telethon. ...
Community Happenings: Costume designer transforms used fabric
Community Happenings is a monthly feature of the Nevada City Advocate. This month we have reports on Paulette Gilbert, the costume director at Foothill Theatre, which is now closed; John Lenz, who recently retired from Citizens Bank, Rotary Club relief efforts for Haiti and a listing of the new board members for the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce....
Nevada City starts shaping up streets for Amgen Tour of California
Road crews are doing an overlay project this week on South Pine Street as part of the city’s preparations for the race, an eight-day, 750-mile international competition that starts in Nevad City and ends in Thousand Oaks. ...Nevada County becomes first rural county to be approved to provide 2-1-1 services
2-1-1 is a free,3 digit telephone number that gives everyone access to the vital community services that they need. People speaking any language or with any disability can call and speak to a live information and referral specialist, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ...
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center to present historical tapestries
This is the first in a series of tapestries intended to express the history and culture of the San Juan Ridge and its meaning as a place. It was conceived and organized as a community project by long-time Ridge resident and notable weaver Marsha Stone. ...
More than 250 women attend Passion Into Action Conference
Renowned women’s rights activist Gloria Feldt reminded us that to create a movement we must actually move into action. ...
Citizens Committee wants county to retain management of library system
What’s next: The next meeting of the Library Ad Hoc Committee at will be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, in the Empire Room on the second floor of the Rood Center. ...