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Nearly 5,000 Seventh Infantry Division soldiers conducted a Bayonet Focus training on Feb. 12 at Fort Hunter Liggett.

A three-day heat wave took over much of California just in time for Labor Day weekend, and the National Weather Service announced an excessive heat advisory warning for Monterey County and the San Francisco Bay Area. To combat the heat and protect residents, South County cities set up cooling centers and stations.

Labor Day weekend is coming and so are nearly 600 barrel racers from across the Western States, including a few from South County, who will be making their way to King City for the 2018 West Coast Barrel Racing Association (WCBRA) Finals presented by Nutrena Feeds.

April Liedtke finished out her term as Soledad Rotary Club president on July 1 and passed the torch onto Lorena Gonzales, who took over as president on July 6.

Main Street Middle School hosted its first Math Festival on Feb. 22. Prior to 2018, Main Street teachers and math students participated in a combined Math Festival with Soledad High School.

The U.S. Army Garrison at the Presidio of Monterey is hosting a welcome-home ceremony for Vietnam War veterans during its annual Language Day event Wednesday, May 12.

Gonzales Community Church held its annual Baked Potato Luncheon on Nov. 16 and served many Gonzales residents.

Soledad took one step closer to having a movie theater within city limits July 11 as the cinema owners came before the City Council to ask for lower utility rates.

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) is improving its services and expanding facilities to South County while also looking for bus drivers.

The Summer Reading Program is underway at Monterey County Free Libraries with the theme “Reading Takes You Everywhere.”