Stories of Oregon Ghost Towns,” says, the 19th-century mining town came into being “when small placer mines established near Coyote Creek in Josephine County turned up small amounts of -- you ...

The oregon.gov article goes on to say that gold miners recovered “some $1.5 million from the streams and hillsides. By the 1890s Golden considered itself a true town.” But Golden was “left abandoned ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:08 p.m. in Placer County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, ...

Industries including sawmills and the railroads laid the foundation for Montgomery County's future in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Around these hubs of business, communities like Fostoria, Waukegan ...

WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our ...

Depending on where a voter lives, their ballot will also have the races and measures for their area, including at the city or county level, their corresponding Congressional district, any other ...

California voters in Placer County are deciding on a host of local races and measures. As one of Northern California's fastest-growing regions, school district elections will be closely watched.

Ghost towns are both eerie reminders of what once was and useful demonstrations of how the Earth moves on without us. Filmmaker Alexander Trowbridge reflects on nature taking over after ...

The fire prompted a massive response from crews across the state, including five strike teams out of Auburn in Placer County. A man has been arrested in connection to a mid-October shooting that ...

The city councils for the three cities unanimously approved endorsing the plan. The other city and town councils in Placer County also endorsed the plan in April.