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SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Health Department announced the closure of the free Covid-19 testing site at Greenfield Library effective Oct. 17, with the facilities moving to Seaside beginning Tuesday. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/monterey-county-closes-covid-19-testing-site-in-greenfield/

A new mayor and two new councilmembers joined the Greenfield City Council after a swearing-in ceremony Dec. 11, during which the outgoing mayor and council were thanked for their service.

Greenfield Oak Park is located two miles east of Greenfield on Elm Avenue toward Metz Road. The park has been a local favorite for decades.

GREENFIELD — Vista Verde Middle School in Greenfield hosted a drive-through eighth-grade promotion ceremony Friday for the first time this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/photos-greenfields-vista-verde-hosts-drive-through-promotion-for-eighth-graders/

SOLEDAD — South County’s first monarch butterfly sanctuary has been created at Frank Ledesma Elementary School in Soledad, and similar gardens are being planned for surrounding communities in the near future. Students, parents and staff members from Frank Ledesma Elementary hosted a kickoff event Oct....

Greenfield High School Class of 2019 took the field at the Bruins stadium for the final time Friday morning for its commencement ceremony, during which 250 seniors tossed their caps in the air in celebration of their graduation.

SALINAS — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas Valley. Based on new...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Mayor Lance Walker spoke to the King City Rotary on Jan. 29 about the ongoing Yanks Air Museum project on Greenfield’s north side. “It looks like it’s finally going to come to fruition,” Walker said. “It goes back quite a few years, and nothing...

GREENFIELD — Detectives from the South County Major Crimes Unit are investigating a homicide that occurred New Year’s Eve in Greenfield. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/police-investigate-new-years-eve-murder-in-greenfield/

SOUTH COUNTY — An annual Halloween tradition dating back 34 years in south Monterey County could be in jeopardy this year unless donations start picking up. More than 2,000 residents attend the Harvest Night Festival each year at the South County YMCA in Soledad. The...