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SOLEDAD — Veterans and active duty military personnel are being sought for a banner program that will feature the pictures of local servicemen and women along Front Street in Soledad. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/military-banners-to-honor-soledad-veterans/

A group of the Peregrine Fund’s California condors will soon be unfurling their nine-and-a-half-foot wings to soar the skies of central California, but first they have to get from the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, all the way to central California, where the National Park Service and the Ventana Wildlife Society will release the condors from their respective sites at Pinnacles National Park and in Big Sur.

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is requiring residents to wear a face covering when going out into the public to perform essential activities, effective Thursday, April 30, to help stop the spread of COVID-19. “As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, we are continuously reassessing our policies...

SOLEDAD — Construction workers from Steel Solutions out of Hollister assembled Soledad's future movie theater’s structural steel components last Thursday. The site, with eight planned screens, will be the third theater for Premiere Cinemas, which also has locations in Hollister and Los Banos. The official groundbreaking...

American flags, a special ceremony and a guest appearance by Congressman Jimmy Panetta paid tribute to fallen soldiers and military members May 27 at the Soledad Cemetery.

RHODE ISLAND — Former Soledad resident David Morales began his duties as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives last week after being voted in during the November 2020 general election.  FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/former-soledad-resident-takes-office-as-state-representative-in-rhode-island/

Last Thursday, June 7, at 3:52 p.m. Soledad Fire Department and Cal Fire, with assistance from the Correctional Training Facility, responded to reports of a structure fire in the 300 block of Monterey Street in Soledad.

The United States welcomed 89 new citizens into the country last Thursday during a swearing-in ceremony at Fairview Middle School in Gonzales.

Students, nonprofits, elected officials and citizens gathered in a meeting room at the South County YMCA in Soledad Aug. 22 to hash out which educational programs and services they wanted for the upcoming Hartnell Community College facilities.

KING CITY — In a packed room at the King City Education Center on Dec. 3, King City community leaders and Hartnell students, employees, trustees and friends gathered to kick off construction of an expansion that will double the size of the center by January 2021. This historic...