Remembering 9/11: Fort Hunter Liggett, South County cities reflect on tragedy 18 years later
SOUTH COUNTY — Everybody remembers what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001. Shawn Sullivan, chief of the Fort Hunter Liggett Fire Department, was an airman stationed at Hurlburt Field on the Panhandle of Florida when he learned that two commercial airliners slammed into the World...
District waives community service hours for King City, Greenfield high school seniors
KING CITY — High school seniors in King City and Greenfield won’t have to worry about community service hours for their graduation in 2021.
School board members for South Monterey County Joint Union High School District voted to waive the requirement for the 2020-21 school...
SBA opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Salinas
MONTEREY COUNTY — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the opening of its Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Monterey County to meet the needs of businesses and individuals who were affected by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred from...
Mee Memorial doctor encourages students to get vaccinated
GREENFIELD — Dr. Joshua Deutsch, a physician with Mee Memorial Healthcare System, recently spoke to students at Greenfield High School to encourage them to get the Covid-19 vaccination.
Deutsch, who has shared his experiences of first-hand patient interaction in King City and Greenfield with Monterey...
Grant helps agricultural workers succeed at Hartnell
SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College announced it has received a multi-year grant of $260,000 from Bank of America that will strengthen its ability to help Salinas Valley agricultural workers succeed and advance in an industry increasingly shaped by technology and automation.
The grant will support...
Science kits offer educational activity for South Monterey County youth
GREENFIELD — Youth in Greenfield and South Monterey County
have been able to supplement their homework packets and distance learning with
science lessons contained in “Bags Full of Science,” a project by the
Greenfield Community Science Workshop.
The bags contain materials for science projects and
instructions in both...
Former Miss Salinas Valley Fair contestant looks for help in quest to regain ability to walk
KING CITY — Doctors told Ellie Skromme she would never walk again after a 2017 rollover crash that ended with her being ejected from her pickup truck and landing face-down in the dirt with the vehicle on top of her.
While she has gone from...
King City welcomes new officers Salazar and Hernandez at swearing-in ceremony
KING CITY — New officers Christian Salazar and Ignacio Hernandez were officially sworn in by Chief James Hunt on Aug. 13 during the King City Council meeting.
Both officers graduated from the Basic Police Academy in June and are currently in phase two of...
