When the teams lined up for the 4×400-meter relay, the final event of the night, the Bret Harte High School boys’ track and field team held a two-point lead over the Riverbank Bruins for first place.

For the second year in a row, there was nobody in the Mother Lode League who could run faster, jump higher, soar longer and throw farther than the Calaveras High School girls track and field team.

It would be difficult to find a Bret Harte High School student-athlete who is tougher than Peyton Lawrence. In her four years at Bret Harte, Lawrence not only survived four years of wrestling with ...

West Point Lions Club President Vicki Snead-Hinkell was completely surprised to receive the Lions International Foundation’s highest honor at the chapter’s recent annual gala. Lion Brenda Hagerman ...

Dear Editor, A Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is a legally binding planning document that allows landowners or developers to proceed with lawful activities while minimizing and mitigating impacts on ...

An inclusive sport that practically anyone can play has found a home court, so to speak, at a historic gathering place in Murphys already known for welcoming groups of all kinds. Building off several ...

“It’s fun to slow down and just let her do her thing,” Ashley Connell said, watching her youngest, Terah, toddle around the forest floor in her first pair of shoes. California’s winter this year was ...

Already a two-time Frog Jump World Champion, Riley Kitchell claimed top honors at this year’s 2025 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee with an amphibian he dubbed Go Frog Yourself. While the ...

A pair of Calaveras High School senior athletes have been chosen to represent their school in all-star competitions. Calaveras’ Ryan Clifton was selected to play in the 6-County All-Star Basketball ...

The second round of the Mother Lode League swim season began the same way as the first: with county rivals Bret Harte and Calaveras meeting in the pool. For the second time in two head-to-head ...

The latest word regarding invasive species-related impacts to boating this season includes some managerial decisions to keep boat launches closed to private vessels. Due to concerns over the spread of ...

Dr. Randy Smart is a fourth-generation physician raised in Calaveras County – from great-grandfather on down. “My grandfather was an internist specializing in tuberculosis,” he shared. “He moved our ...