KVMR News

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and our local library is marking the occasion by organizing an event highlighting all the mental health resources available locally.  KVMR News Correspondent Kelley Rees spoke with Brittany Blake, the Adult Programming Coordinator at the Grass Valley library to get the details. 

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The new skate park will require the demolition of the old park, something that many local skaters think is a bad move. 

Caltrans announced several lane closures along multiple locations on State Route 20 and Interstate 80. Closures near SR-20 are part of the Yuba Pass Separation Overhead Bridge Project. 

KVMR's annual Celtic festival is fast approaching, and in the spirit of all things Celtic music, we've got the scoop on the festival headliner, Fiddler Natalie McMaster, who was raised and still resides in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Cy Musiker and Joyce Miller spoke with McMaster for their public affairs show Curtain Call. KVMR News correspondent, Lydia Thomas edited part their interview and shares...

This week hear how a retired Federal Reserve economist keeps up with the current state of the US economy before KVMR News Correspondent Sherrie Cunningham brings us a look at how psychedelics are being used by researchers at the University of California, Davis, to treat a variety of brain conditions. We hear from KVMR Celtic Festival headliner, world-renowned fiddle player Natalie MacMaster, and p...

KVMR public affairs correspondent April Glaser sits down to interview Liz Pelly, author of a new book and hard-hitting investigation into Spotify entitled Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify & The Cost of the Perfect Playlist. Joining the conversation as well is local composer Alexis Alrich. Spotify pays artists fractions of pennies per stream. But Liz Pelly's book goes even deeper to reveal how...

UC Davis researchers recently announced the development of a new neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic’s therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential. KVMR's Sherrie Cunningham spoke to Dr. David E. Olson, director of the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics at UC Davis to learn more. 

NCSO deputies discovered the body of 63-year-old Patrick McCaffree buried on a Grass Valley property while conducting a welfare check. 

Demonstrators expressed frustration about Kiley's unwillingness to meet with his constituents in person.  

County staff is looking into amending an existing Recreational Vehicles ordinance in order to allow people to live in RVs semi-permanently or permanently. County staff also plans to organize four public meetings this year to gather input from the community. You can learn more about the Alternative Housing Work Plan and sign-up for email updates at nevadacountyca.gov/alternativehousing .

Pope Francis, who became the head of the Catholic Church in 2013, died yesterday. KVMR’s Lydia Thomas shared this report.

Posting on the agency’s official social media pages, Cal Fire NEU says they responded to a call from California State Parks on Sunday afternoon to aid with a near drowning after two people were flushed through a class III rapid known as Flip Flop. 

On this week's Friday Evening News Magazine, we’ve got news about a new opponent for Kevin Kiley’s Congressional District 3 seat. Then we discuss this year’s Nevada County Reads program and upcoming author event with county Adult Services Librarian Ian Boalt and author Jeff Vandermeer. Marc Cuniberti explores the “Warren Buffet Indicator” when trying to decipher the state of the markets. And Nevad...

KVMR's Kelley Rees and Nevada County Adult Services Librarian Ian Boalt discuss this year’s Nevada County Reads program and upcoming author event with Annihilation author Jeff Vandermeer.

It may not be the  only solution, but Nevada City believes making biochar could be one way to safely reduce the local fuel load. Learn more on the city's website .

Cynthia Levesque and Abby Richards have organized a place where local queer youth can go to that isn't home, school or work. 

That's what the thousands of people who gathered in Folsom to Hear AOC and Bernie Sanders speak saw when they looked up. A small plane circled the event numerous times pulling a banner with the phrase written in large red letters. 

Thousands gathered on the Folsom Lake College athletic track in Folsom, Calif. to hear Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders speak on Tuesday, April 15th.  -- 00:00: Jane Kim - State Director of the California Working Families Party. 08:24: Lorena Gonzalez - President of the California Federation of Labor Unions. 16:51: Everett Kelley - National President of the Americ...

The two elected officials are coming to Northern California after a talk in Bakersfield as part of Sanders' “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” which began in February.

The Monte Vista Pavement Rehabilitation Project is expected to be completed by summer 2028.

After the regional weather forecast KVMR’s Paul Emery sits down with retired Federal Reserve economist Gary Zimmerman to talk trade wars and the risk of recession on this week’s Economic Report. KVMR News correspondent Sherrie Cunningham covers the annual Grass Valley Banner Grange Seed Swap event. In the latest Al Explores, KVMR Science correspondent Al Stahler brings us some BIG questions. He ta...

Today we bring you the final piece of our public health series. KVMR News correspondent and Nevada County Public Health worker, Shannon Harney, looks at how Nevada County public health along with local youth leaders stepped up to change policy in order to help keep kids off of tobacco and other dangerous drugs. 

For our final piece celebrating National Public Health Week, KVMR News correspondent and Nevada County Public Health worker, Shannon Harney, explores how a coalition of different stakeholders stepped up to change city policy in order to help keep kids off of tobacco and other dangerous drugs. 

KVMR News correspondent Shannon Harney, who is also a Nevada County Public Health worker, has been sharing stories all week. Today she visits the Public Health Medical Therapy Program.