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FFA WEEK KING CITY — National FFA week began Monday and runs through Friday. King City FFA has a number of activities planned, including virtual dress-up days, decorations, posters and staff appreciation gifts. In lieu of the traditional donkey basketball game, the FFA members are...

KING CITY — Once again the Salinas Valley Fair drew thousands of people to King City for a long weekend of family-friendly activities and entertainment, including its first-ever huge concert headlined by multiplatinum country singer Dylan Scott on Saturday night. The 79th annual celebration featured...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Representatives from Monterey County’s four hospitals spoke during a press briefing Dec. 9 to share how they are coordinating to react to the recent surge in Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations. Mee Memorial’s Chief Medical Officer Robert Valladares was joined by Natividad’s CMO...

KING CITY — A Harvard-educated, patient-first ophthalmologist with 37 years of experience has joined the team of physicians at Mee Memorial Healthcare System. Now serving patients in South Monterey County, Dr. Victor Holmes, who served his residency at Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia, is an...

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s (MMHS) King City Clinic has received the 2023 HEDIS award, honoring a commitment to delivering exceptional services for the second year in a row. The audit period runs from January through June and measures care that was delivered...

SAN ARDO — Even as communities reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for food assistance in Monterey County remains at unprecedented levels. The county is still one of the hungriest in the state, with more than 60,000 families turning to the Food Bank for...

SALINAS — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta and local leaders recently hosted an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Spence Road Auxiliary Lane Project, a key local infrastructure improvement effort that will enhance both roadway and community safety. The project was funded thanks in part to $1...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Starting Oct. 31, Monterey County voters will have expanded access to election services at the satellite Elections Office located at Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey Blvd., in Seaside. Services available include in-person voting, mail ballot drop-off and same-day voter registration-provisional voting. “We...

CHUALAR VACANCY CHUALAR — There will be a special vacancy election on Tuesday, Nov. 2, to elect one member for the Chualar Union School District, Trustee Area 1. The candidate filing period opened July 12, and candidate forms must be completed and submitted by 5...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced July 22 that four owners of local smoke shops and markets throughout Monterey County have paid civil penalties for unlawfully selling flavored tobacco products, among other violations of law. The sale of flavored tobacco products is...