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SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County is being examined as a possible area for the Blue Zones Project (BZP), with a Wine at Five social hour and keynote presentation planned for Feb. 26, followed by a community presentation on Feb. 27 at the Salinas...

SALINAS VALLEY — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 in King City recently awarded scholarships to four students from South Monterey County who participated in the local organization’s Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth contests. The Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition is open to...

Foods Co Supermarkets recently announced that its 21 stores and five fuel centers in Central and Northern California, including stores in Soledad and Salinas, will no longer accept VISA credit cards as a form of payment, effective Aug. 14.

Fort Hunter Liggett will host the annual Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 14, at Del Venturi Pond to celebrate the Army Reserve’s 110th birthday and the Month of the Military Child.

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad Community Development Department will conduct a community meeting for the Pinnacles Parkway Project on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at San Vicente School. The project is a proposed new roadway at the southern end of the city, which would extend from...

Soledad City Council recognized Frank P. Trevino last week for his 43 years of working for the City of Soledad.

Cheers, claps and welcomes greeted buses as Get on the Bus participants drove into the parking lot of Greenfield’s Holy Trinity Church last Saturday, June 10.

SALINAS VALLEY — Area schools have begun offering free food to children from age 1 through 18. Times and plans differ by city, but they all have the same mission, to ensure area youth have a reliable source of food during the coronavirus-related closure...

Salinas Valley Half Marathon has run its course after nine years, as the Big Sur Marathon Foundation announced this week that the race will be discontinued due to declining participation.

MONTEREY COUNTY — There are now five confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Monterey County as of Friday, up one from yesterday’s announcement, according to the latest report from Monterey County Health Department. Four of the cases are travel-related, and the other is...