Alex Maclean

Michael Barreno spent much of his adult life working to provide for his two daughters and built his schedule in recent years around their school, sports and the countless practices

When family, friends and former colleagues and students of the late Roger Francis gather next Saturday inside the Sonora High School auditorium to celebrate his life, many will remember the longtime local educator for his handwritten notes of encouragement, early-morning English classes and how he never gave up on struggling students.

A Sonora man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old juvenile is being held without bail after the Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office filed a six-count criminal complaint against him late last month.

The Mathiesen Memorial Health and Wellness Center that's currently under construction in Jamestown is being recognized by the state as part of a broader effort to expand behavioral health care in rural and underserved communities throughout California.

Voters in the Summerville Elementary School District will decide in November whether to approve a $3.4 million bond measure aimed at funding repairs and improvements at the district's Tuolumne campus.

Calaveras County is moving to temporarily prohibit the development of large-scale data centers while it studies their potential impacts, which raises questions about whether Tuolumne County will take a similar approach as the rapid growth of artificial intelligence increases demand for such facilities across the United States.

Most of the local offices initially slated for the Nov. 3 general election will not actually appear on Tuolumne County voters' ballots.

The search continued Thursday for a 58-year-old Modesto man who disappeared Saturday afternoon while paddleboarding on Beardsley Reservoir, about 5 miles east of Strawberry.

A new court commissioner will take the bench this week at Tuolumne County Superior Court following the recent departure of Steven Streger, who held the position for nearly five years.

Tuolumne County has reported its first confirmed human case of West Nile virus this year, amid what California health officials say is the highest level of activity from the mosquito-borne