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

Soledad Rotary Club welcomed Soledad Unified School District Superintendent Tim Vanoli and Rabobank’s Ida Chan as the club’s newest members on Aug. 24 at the Windmill Restaurant.

PAICINES — Pinnacles National Park will close to all day-use visitors and vehicles effective Saturday and remain open only to campers with reservations in response to efforts from public health authorities to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As of March 28, the national park, about five miles...

A new year means South Monterey County residents are making resolutions and goals for 2019, among those making New Year’s resolutions include local city officials, high school students, librarians and others.

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...

PAICINES — Pinnacles National Park has issued a warning to visitors about a disease outbreak that affects dogs and other animals after recently finding several sick or dead gray foxes on park trails. In a Nov. 7 news release, park staff said one of the foxes has tested...

Soledad High School NJROTC was recently awarded the honor of Distinguished Unit for Academic Honors.

SOLEDAD — There are moments in Soledad when a group of police cars, with their lights flashing and sirens roaring, is a sign of something peaceful. In these instances, the driving officers getting on their loudspeakers to sing or declare “Happy Birthday” makes their...

SOLEDAD — Soledad City Council members met in a special meeting on July 29 to ratify the new municipal order that can fine people for not wearing masks in an effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/soledad-city-council-ratifies-new-face-mask-ordinance/

SALINAS VALLEY — Students from throughout South Monterey County had a chance to compete in essay writing to earn a scholarship during the Steinbeck Center’s Young Authors Day of Writing. Top middle school students were nominated by their teachers to write an essay about “The Red Pony”...