This special election certain Nevada County residents will be voting on Measure G, a piece of the funding puzzle, namely a $25 million bond, to build a new library in Truckee. KVMR News spoke with Executive Director of the Friends of the Truckee Library April Cole who’s spearheading the effort to get a new facility built.
KVMR News visits Nevada County’s new ballot processing center at the Loma Rica Warehouse in Grass Valley in the run-up to Nov. 4th’s special election. Newly appointed County Clerk Recorder/Registrar of Voters, Armando Salud-Ambriz, and Assistant Clerk Recorder/Registrar of Voters Corey O’Hayre speak about the election process and how election administrators might be adrenaline junkies.
You can watch the Nevada County Elections’ livestream of the ballot processing center on the County’s Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGzGr9WdIE
KVMR News speaks with Randi Swisley, Voter Services Chair of the League of Women Voters of Nevada County, a nonpartisan organization which promotes voting, provides resources for informed citizenship, and encourages civic engagement. Randi answers questions about California's November 4th Special Election, which will ask voters to approve or reject Proposition 50.
The League of Women Voters of Nevada County has additional resources, including a multi-part video series about Prop 50 for voters still unclear about the proposition. https://my.lwv.org/california/nevada-county/elections/upcoming-elections
In the first episode of their Special Election series, KVMR News brings you a Prop 50 explainer.
This fall California is holding a state-wide special election asking California voters to approve or reject Proposition 50. Prop 50 has been the subject of a lot of misinformation, so let’s take a quick look at what the proposition actually says and what its impact will be if it’s approved by voters. “Proposition 50 authorizes temporary changes to congressional district maps in response to Texas’ partisan redistricting.”
Due to the federal government shut down, November CalFresh benefits will be impacted for millions of Californians. Rachel Peña, Director of Social Services for Nevada County, says close to 12,000 Nevada County residents will lose their CalFresh benefits in November, which amounts to a $2.3 million monthly impact to the local economy.
United Against Hate Week is a statewide initiative with a clear message: hate has no place in our communities. KVMR News talks with Heidi Hall, Nevada County District 1 Supervisor and Current Chair of the Board, Rachel Pena, Director of Social Services for Nevada County, and Margaret Gilmore, Branch Manager at the Madelyn Helling Library to hear about the Nevada County Equity Inclusion Leadership Alliance's participation in the initiative.
Friday October 24th through Sunday October 26th, Nevada County expects rain, mountain snow, moderate winds. The county is offering free sand at four locations; residents must bring their own shovel and sandbags.
Aiming to advance independent filmmaking in Nevada County, the Nevada City Film Festival recently announced their Filmed in Nevada County Grant. KVMR News spoke with Jesse Locks, executive director of Nevada City Film Festival, to find out what is offered as part of the grant, who should apply, and important dates to remember.
Sierra Roots is hosting a "Fire to Frost" event on October 30th from 5-7pm in the Miners Foundry Stone Hall. Mike Cannatella, manager of Sierra Roots' emergency weather shelter, tells KVMR News that the event is a collaborative effort aimed at getting the community involved and sharing information about the seasonal services offered for the local unhoused population.
On Saturday, October 18th an estimated 2,500 to 3,500 individuals gathered in the Grass Valley Brunswick Basin as part of the nation-wide No Kings protest, demonstrating against what they see as current President Donald Trump’s unregulated escalation of executive powers. KVMR News spoke to attendees about why they decided to join the second No Kings protest.
We’re taking you into newsrooms at community radio stations around the country. Federal funding, a critical resource for these news rooms is no longer. What does that mean for the local news listeners tune in to hear and the people behind the scenes producing it?
We start nearly 800 miles away, gaining about 4,000 feet in elevation with a community radio newsroom that has developed a reputation for fastidious reporting. In 2025, the desk received a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and two honors from the Public Media Journalists Association. We speak to Sophia Boyd-Fliegel (Managing Editor at KHOL in Jackson, Wy).
Photo Caption: Senior Reporter Dante Filpula Ankney (left), Managing Editor Sophia Boyd-Fliegel, Executive Director Emily Cohen and Reporter Jenna McMurtry critique a recent episode of KHOL's podcast on local news, music and culture, Jackson Unpacked.
KVMR News Producer Sophie Humphers speaks with Camille Onetto and Evan McLenithan from Nevada City Office of Emergency Services about newly developed evacuation maps for Nevada City. The maps were created through funds from a grant from the California Governor’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor program. Josh Fryday, Director of the Governor’s Office of Service and Engagement, further explains why the program chose to partner with Nevada City.
KVMR News Correspondent Sophie Humphers covers the public interview process and the final decision for Nevada County’s new Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters.
She speaks with the newly appointed Armando Salud-Ambriz and Nevada County Board of Supervisors Chair and District 1 Supervisor Heidi Hall.
The Adulting program at the Grass Valley Library offers free monthly presentations by local experts on some of the tricky situations faced by adults from taxes and housing to mental health resources and cooking tricks. September’s Adulting topic is car maintenance basics. KVMR News Correspondent Sophie Humphers headed over to Grass Valley Garage to speak with owner and this month’s Adulting expert Nick Wall. The program’s creator, Grass Valley Library Adult Programming Coordinator Brittany Blake, also joined.
A 35 year old man was arrested on Monday after trying to run over another man with his vehicle following a heated argument.
By some estimates, 4000 people took the streets in Grass Valley on Saturday to show their displeasure with the Trump administration.
The Center for the Arts' most recent Executive Director Amber Jo Manuel left in February and the position has remained vacant ever since. Curtain Call hosts Joyce Miller and Cy Musiker sat down with Center Board Chair Martin Polt to ask how the search for new leadership is going.
You can read the official proclamation on the city's website.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H. Bonham says the program will foster cooperation between the state and impacted ranchers to effectively and safely manage California’s growing gray wolf population.
Recent information sent to the Sheriff's Crime Tip form led to the arrest of two Grass Valley residents on multiple drug charges.
On this week's Friday Evening News Magazine, News Director Cláudio Mendonça discovers how a Nevada County neighborhood is preparing for the possibility of wildfire. The station’s resident science guy Al Stahler brings us a new edition of Al Explores. He speaks with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about the 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecast. KVMR News Correspondent Sherrie Cunningham brings us a look at a local band playing the Honey Hills Music Festival, currently underway. Nevada City poet Molly Fisk shares an essay to close it all out.
