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Healy leads Campbell by 62 votes as counting continues

Juli Healy held a narrow 62-vote lead over incumbent Ryan Campbell in the race for Tuolumne County's District 2 supervisor ...
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Tuolumne County voters sound off on midterm elections

Voters lined up inside the Tuolumne County Elections Office in downtown Sonora during and after a rainy lunch hour Tuesday to ...
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Bradley: Golf, sports are getting a much-needed breath of fresh air

There will always be a rift between the new schools of thought and the old when it comes to sport. Sports and tradition go ...
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Flower’s 7 TDs lead Sonora flag football past Amador

The Sonora High School varsity flag football team advanced to the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V semifinals for the ...
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Bill of the Month: She needed an EpiPen. But first, an urgent care asked her to pay

The company officials confirmed Rowell was asked to pay before she received the shot. They said the nurse practitioner first ...
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Sonora volleyball’s season ends in Hughson

The Sonora High School varsity volleyball team’s season came to a close last Thursday at Hughson High School, where the ...
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Ex-etiquette: Parenting after a nasty breakup

Q: Our breakup was nasty, and I rarely talk to my child’s other parent. When we do, it’s on a court-ordered app. Lately I ...
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Hard topics, closed books: Banned authors challenge Texas school restrictions

A historian by training, Candace Fleming never guessed she would become a children’s author — until she started reading to ...
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Local history: Lyons Reservoir’s namesake left violent legacy

Robert Poer (left) and Edward McCauley sit in chains awaiting their execution in Sonora on Dec. 11, 1857. Lyons, a convicted ...
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Flavor Flav gives everyone permission to skip work to watch Game 6 of the WNBA Finals

If you need permission to watch "The Permission" — aka Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream — try to keep her team's WNBA ...
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Contract for New Melones water nears completion

More than 50 years of efforts to secure a long-term alternate water source for Tuolumne County out of New Melones Reservoir cleared one of the last hurdles this week, following the approval of a key ...