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MONTEREY COUNTY — California residents have been advised to stay indoors, and only leave their home for essential items or services, since the statewide stay-at-home order went into effect March 19 to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Essential businesses, however, can stay open...

GREENFIELD — Hundreds of residents and visitors alike gathered Sunday for the annual Greenfield Harvest Festival, hosted by the Greenfield Cultural Arts Center and First Night Monterey. The Oct. 20 festival kicked off that morning with a community parade through downtown Greenfield, where dozens...

Monterey County Superior Court continues to expand its self-help services in South County, with the Greenfield Self-Help Center preparing to operate on an additional day to assist residents seeking legal information.

SOLEDAD — A multimillion-dollar bridge rehabilitation project near Soledad has been approved by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). Last week CTC allocated more than $495 million for various projects to fix and improve transportation infrastructure throughout California. Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and...

SOLEDAD — Hartnell College has broken ground on its new Soledad Education Center and celebrated the start of construction this month with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by more than 100 community members, local students and elected officials. Scheduled to open in spring 2021, the 16,750-square-foot multipurpose educational...

After 14 years with the Monterey County Free Libraries, Jayanti Addleman is stepping down from her position as library director.

A $2.9 million grant has been awarded to the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County to help eradicate 215 acres of an invasive plant that has infested more than 1,500 acres of the Salinas River.

SOLEDAD — An estimated three-dozen protesters gathered at the front driveway of Salinas Valley State Prison and the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad on Aug. 6, before moving to Monterey County Jail in Salinas that afternoon as part of a statewide effort calling for...

Toys for boys and girls were collected by the Soledad Rotarians as they prepare for the holiday season.

SOLEDAD — The past two weeks of new screening procedures at Soledad Medical Clinic have been accompanied by the presence of an isolation tent outside the entrance due to the continuing threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “What we’re trying to do is not mix sick and healthy populations,”...