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MONTEREY COUNTY — Montage Health Foundation has been awarded a $1.56 million, three-year contract from the Monterey County Health Department to launch a new opioid and substance use prevention education initiative for Monterey County youth. Approved by the County’s Board of Supervisors in April, the...

Low-cost spay, neuter clinics planned through fall KING CITY — SPCA Monterey County is offering low-cost mobile spay and neuter clinics in King City and Greenfield through October, supported by donor funding. Clinics will be held at the King City Recreation Center on Aug. 27, Sept....

KING CITY — A 42-year-old King City man was killed in a shooting early Sunday, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after midnight on Aug. 23, officers from the King City Police Department and deputies from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office responded to...

SAN ARDO — San Ardo Elementary School received a $2,500 literacy grant from VSP Vision on Aug. 19 to help expand student access to books and support reading success. The grant, provided in partnership with the Kendra Scott Foundation, builds on a VSP Eyes of...

Free concert planned for Friday in King City KING CITY — City of King will host a free community concert featuring live music by Los Survivors from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Downtown Plaza. The all-ages event will offer an evening...

KING CITY — King City’s Mesa Del Rey Airport is set for another round of federal investment as part of a new funding package announced Friday by California’s U.S. senators. The airport will receive $146,519 from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program to update...

Red Cross urges Monterey County residents to donate blood MONTEREY COUNTY — American Red Cross is urging residents to donate blood or platelets as the national blood supply remains under severe pressure following a blood crisis declared in late July. The Red Cross said thousands of...

KING CITY — The South Monterey County cities of King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales hosted a joint celebration on Aug. 8 for the inaugural Paint the Valley Purple campaign.  Each city held its own program to get the word out that the American Cancer...

Greenfield yard sale, cleanup day scheduled GREENFIELD — Greenfield residents will have opportunities this month to sell unwanted items, shop for bargains and dispose of household goods through two community events planned for August. The city’s Community Yard Sale is scheduled for Aug. 21-23, with discounted...

MONTEREY COUNTY — There is an old rotary telephone in a garden in downtown Salinas that will never ring. It isn’t connected to a phone line. There is no dial tone, and no one will answer when the receiver is lifted. Still, people come to...