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KING CITY — Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated recently donated stuffed animals to Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. SMCRWF President Jeane Errea-Mills delivered the “Comfort Critters” last month to Sheriff’s Deputies Jason Sclimenti and Cameron Von Dollen. The stuffed animals, donated by club members, will be...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Big Sur International Marathon returns to Highway 1 on Sunday, April 26, with nearly 10,000 athletes, thousands of spectators and hundreds of volunteers taking part. On that Sunday, just over 27 miles on Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast will be...

LOCKWOOD — Lockwood teen Abigail Reinstedt earned three awards during the 27th Annual Christian Youth Film Festival on May 2 in Bakersfield. The festival, hosted by Christian Youth Film Society, had 12 films entered. Reinstedt’s film, “Designing Lies,” won Best Picture, Best Application of...

BIG SUR — Containment on the Willow Fire has increased substantially over the past week, as firefighters continue working around the clock to improve direct control lines and extinguish individual hot spots. The wildfire, located southeast of Big Sur in the Ventana Wilderness of the...

Assemblymember Anna Caballero has officially opened office hours at the Soledad Fire Department Office on Monterey Street.

SCHOOL WALK GONZALES — Monterey County Health Department will be hosting Walk to School Day on Tuesdays, Aug. 16 and 23, at 7 a.m. en route to La Gloria Elementary School in Gonzales. Students and their families can meet at the starting location of Santa...

KING CITY — Construction of a new Future Farmers of America facility is underway at the former Mildred Street parking lot of King City High School. The facility will include agriculture classrooms and shops for students of the King City FFA program, which was recently...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Arts Council for Monterey County in partnership with Urban Word celebrates local youth poets with the opportunity to serve as the Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate.  Youth poets must submit five original poems for adjudication to determine the Youth Poet Laureate, who...

ONLINE STUDIO TOUR MONTEREY COUNTY — Arts Habitat’s new online sales gallery is up and running. It presents the works of artists participating in the May 2021 Artists Studio Tour. Go to MCArtTour.org to check it out. For those interested in being included in the...