Colgate Sediment Removal Reaches Milestone

Yuba Water Agency has completed the in-water portion of a sediment removal project below New Colgate Powerhouse, where crews removed an estimated 45,000 cubic yards of material following a Feb. 13 penstock rupture. Read More »

Butte, Sutter Courts Honored for Civics Work

Superior courts in Butte and Sutter counties have earned statewide recognition for programs that bring judges, the courts and civics education directly to local students. Read More »

Artists Sought for Festival Exhibition

Artists have until Nov. 30 to submit work for the 2027 Wild & Scenic Film Festival Art Exhibition, which will coincide with the environmental film festival’s 25th anniversary in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Read More »

Youth Choir Forms for Holiday Concert

Young singers in third through 12th grades can take part in an 11-week youth choir program beginning Sept. 22 in preparation for a December holiday concert in Yuba City. Read More »

Yuba City Marks 25 Years Since 9/11

Metal hooks on loose halyards clanged lightly against the flagpole in the morning wind, making a somber, bell-like sound as people gathered outside Yuba City Firehouse No. 1 Friday for the city’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony. Read More »

Art Box Reception Spotlights Local Artists

Local artists will take center stage at the Art Box Marketplace on Friday, Sept. 18, during a free reception featuring the gallery's latest collection at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts. Read More »

Arsenic and Old Lace Returns, Sept. 18

The Acting Company will open its production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” Sept. 18, bringing Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy to its Yuba City stage for a four-weekend run. Read More »

All Aboard for the Nicolaus Labor Day Parade

Labor Day offers a chance to step away from work and spend time with friends, family and community. Read More »

ABC Authorizes New Liquor Licenses

Businesses in Colusa, Yuba, Sutter and Nevada counties will have opportunities to apply for new liquor licenses this September under authorizations announced by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Read More »

‘Messiah’ Rehearsals Start Sept. 21

Singers from across the Yuba-Sutter area are being sought for the 88th annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” with rehearsals beginning Monday, Sept. 21. Read More »

A Morning Like No Other - Ground Zero at 25 years

After a long night of late work well into the morning, I was in a deep sleep. The repeating ring of the telephone awakened me. I received an alarming telephone call from a close friend frantically trying to get my attention. She said “just get up and turn on the TV. You won’t believe what is happening”. She was absolutely right. Read More »

Former Inmate Sues Yuba County

A former Yuba County Jail inmate who was sexually assaulted by a correctional officer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Yuba County and the now-convicted former officer, alleging failures by jail employees allowed him to remove her from custody under the guise of a medical appointment. Read More »

Major Improvements Coming to Ellis Lake

Construction Contract Approved as Several Infrastructure Projects Advance Read More »

Sutter Divers Sharpen Rescue Skills

Sutter County Sheriff’s Dive Team members recently joined Butte County search and rescue personnel for two days of training focused on diver rescue and underwater entanglement emergencies. Read More »

What Caused Yuba-Sutter’s Sudden Taste of Fall?

For a few days at the beginning of September, summer seemed to switch off almost overnight in the Yuba-Sutter area. Read More »

Yuba Rotary to Serve Senior BBQ, Sept. 18

Members of the Rotary Club of Yuba City will serve lunch to more than 250 area seniors Sept. 18 during simultaneous community barbecues in Yuba City and Marysville. Read More »

Sutter Ag Commissioner to Retire

Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures Lisa Herbert will retire Sept. 4, closing a 28-year career with the county that began as an agricultural standards biologist. Read More »

Sutter Buttes 2027 Calendar Revealed

This year’s calendar reception, held Aug. 28 at the Sutter County Museum, offered visitors a chance to meet the photographers and see the selected photographs enlarged and on display before flipping through them month by month. Read More »

Sierra Winds Sets Two Local Concerts

Three musicians from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West will bring the sounds of flute, oboe and bassoon to Williams and Yuba City during two free concerts in September. Read More »

Historic Yuba County Sites Open Doors, Sept. 19

Two Yuba County sites representing different chapters of local history will open to the public Sept. 19 as part of Doors Open California, a statewide program that provides access to historic buildings, landscapes and cultural sites. Read More »

20 Years in the Making

Holiday Market Opens in Plumas Lake Read More »

Sutter County Rotates Fire Station Brownouts

Sutter County has begun rotating temporary closures between two fire stations as staffing shortages leave the county fire department operating with critically low personnel levels. Read More »

New Rice Variety Takes Spotlight at Field Day

A new medium-grain rice poised to replace a variety commonly growing in local fields was a major focus at the Rice Experiment Station near Biggs, where growers, researchers and agricultural professionals gathered Aug. 26 for the 2026 Rice Field Day. Read More »

Dinner Celebrates River Valley Athletes

River Valley High School students traded uniforms for introductions Aug. 22 as the Falcon community gathered for the fourth annual Meet the Falcons Touchdown Dinner. Read More »

Fundraisers Support Injured Paradise Sergeant

A Paradise Police Department sergeant faces multiple surgeries and a lengthy recovery after another vehicle struck his marked patrol vehicle on Highway 99 as he returned from assisting Gridley police at the Butte County Fair. Read More »

Marysville Stampede Rides for David

Four-year-old David Harvey will serve as the Marysville Stampede’s 2026 Golden Circle Champion as a new fundraising effort supports local families facing pediatric cancer. Read More »

Humboldt Photo Wins Rural Contest

A photograph of the Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse overlooking the Humboldt County coastline has taken first place in the Rural County Representatives of California's 10th annual Rural County Photo Contest. Read More »

Lions Hold Off Falcons in Track Meet on the Gridiron

Throughout the offseason, the rumblings and chatter around the River Valley football program has been that there is a big difference and the growth is happening. Read More »

September Celebrates Yuba County Library Cards

Yuba County Library will mark Library Card Sign-Up Month throughout September with a raffle aimed at encouraging children to get their first library card. Read More »

Mountain Fair Keeps Foothill Traditions Alive

The community came together in full mountaineer fashion for another Mountain Fair weekend in Brownsville, Aug. 22-23, bringing logging competitions, local vendors and generations of foothill residents together for one of the area’s longest-running traditions. Read More »

Historic Cemetery Book Talk Set, Sept. 23

Local authors Phyllis E. Smith and Victoria M. Tudor will share the history of the Historic Marysville City Cemetery during a book talk Sept. 23 at the Yuba County Government Center. Read More »

From Pumpkins to Watermelons: Bishop’s Expands its Season

Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm opened its gates early this year to accommodate its first-ever Watermelon Festival, giving visitors a taste of summer before the farm’s traditional fall season gets underway. Read More »