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Greenfield Fire Department and the Gonzales Fire Department are among four Monterey County cities that were chosen to receive a grant totaling $853,694 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration.

Two Greenfield students were recently awarded performing arts scholarships from the STAR (Support The Arts Regionally) Foundation of Monterey County.

The California Endowment and the Health Equity Award Planning Committee named the Monterey County Health Department (MCHD) as the winner of the Arnold X. Perkins Award for Outstanding Health Equity Practice.

Although the drought seems to be in the rearview mirror for now, the City of Greenfield is urging its residents to continue to conserve water with a stage two water conservation level.

Fifth graders from Cesar Chavez, Oak Avenue School and Mary Chapa Academy got a taste of what the next year is going to be like at Vista Verde Middle School on May 19.

Alberto Chacon of Vista Verde Middle School won first place at the Migrant Speech and Debate Competition on May 6 for his speech on curfews.

With the theme “Cowboy Up and Wind Down,” the 2017 Salinas Valley Fair brought thousands of visitors to South County last weekend and featured the annual Junior Livestock Auction, which racked in $2.1 million from the sale of 950 animals.

The rides are arriving, entries were taken over the weekend, animals are weighing in today, and the Salinas Valley Fair is about to begin.

When Superintendent Daniel Moirao first arrived as state administrator of the South Monterey County Joint Union High School District, the student graduation rates were around 70 percent. As of last year, they rose to 90 percent.

New City Manager Jaime Fontes and Interim Police Chief Anthony Sollecito met and greeted residents last week during their first days on the job.