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Investigators looking into Supervisor Terry Lamphier in October after concerns were raised in a letter. That didn't stop voters from electing him to the Grass Valley City Council in November, and many said they didn't believe the allegations were real.
A Nevada County food bank is now searching for a new place to do business after a worker giving out turkeys was threatened with a knife.
Officials say that a falling rock has trapped a hiker Wednesday afternoon.
It's the call no one wants to get while away from their home.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban public access to the old Emigrant Trail that runs through three subdivisions near Grass Valley.
After almost eight hours of discussion, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted to approve an ordinance that will only allow four commercial outdoor events at local venues a year. The move is a blow to the local wedding industry.
A suspect is in custody after a reported pursuit ended in a crash early Thursday morning.
Authorities say two officers were hurt during a confrontation with a suspect in a remote area north of Nevada City.
The increase for the next five years could have been avoided, according to a grand jury report. It states the board of directors spent the last several years drawing on its cash reserves to keep customer rates steady, without a plan to have rates keep pace with demand.
While there are typically a lot of bear sightings in the area, especially during this time of the year, it's still unusual to have a bear open the door and make itself at home.
Weddings are a multi-million-dollar industry with around 400 ceremonies held in Nevada County every year, but venue owners fear a new ordinance will send brides looking elsewhere.
A snowboarder who had been missing since Monday in the Castle Peak area has been found safe, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office says.
More rain and snow are headed toward California after a dousing overnight
Here in the kitchen at Grizzly Hill Elementary, they cook local, organic food for students. That organic thief is what someone came to steal.
A 6-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy may have been approached by the same man. Deputies are hesitant with these kinds of reports, but in both cases, they say the information seems very credible.
Virginia Moran says the day after trees she showed us in pictures were cut, that Nevada County crews were out scooping up dirt.
A church is in a clash with Nevada County after being told to take down a sign with an American flag and a message to support the troops.
Formal charges have been filed against the former Sacramento County deputy accused of sexually assaulting a boy for several years.
A man's body has been found Wednesday afternoon near the South Yuba River, where sheriff's deputies have been searching for a missing miner.
The Nevada County Sheriff's Department and a team of volunteers searched a rural area near Owl Creek Road in Nevada City.
Lt. Steven Tripp says Jessie Mulligan tried to text a friend on Friday to say she had some drugs to sell, but she messed up the number and ended up texting a narcotics detective.
With only two full-time deputies and lots of rural space, Nevada County has only responded to one-third of marijuana complaints in 2013.
Inside Culture Shock, it's no surprise to find a flurry of flavors and tubs of tempting problems. This place has just about everything, including a place to sit. Forty years after opening on historic Mill Street, someone complained to the county that the froyo shop doesn't have a bathroom.
Deputies typically bury confiscated plants, since the marijuana goes bad once it's in the ground. But this time they shredded it in a wood chipper with bamboo and branches, and left it on the side of the trails.
"During their search, we did recover also a couple other items which are illegal," Royal said. "One was what we believe are anabolic steroids for injection purposes, and also pills we believe are ecstasy."
