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

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

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School is on track to get three new modular classrooms after a decision by the Soledad Unified School District board during its Jan. 8 meeting. The passed motion called for piggybacking a purchase contract with the Willow Unified School District in the city...

SOLEDAD — Vehicles cruised through Soledad on June 21 for a family parade to celebrate Father’s Day, which was part of a larger celebration at Eden Valley Care Center. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/eden-valley-care-center-hosts-fathers-day-parade-for-residents-in-soledad/

SOLEDAD — Gunnery Sgt. Luis Ledesma, a 2007 graduate of Soledad High School and former Commanding Officer of the school’s NJROTC unit, has recently completed his first year as the Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at the prestigious Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Located in Lexington,...

More than $26,000 was raised last Friday during the Fifth Annual Casino Night benefitting Rancho Cielo at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.

San Vicente Elementary School Principal Jaime Calderon made a deal with his students at the beginning of the year: If they stayed above 85 percent in Accelerated Reading as a school, he would get dunked in a Dunk Tank.

MONTEREY COUNTY — A community workshop was held last Friday in Salinas to consider options in how to pay for Monterey County’s aging dams and reservoirs, which continue to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the Salinas Valley. Landowners, politicians, legal experts and concerned citizens packed the...