Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 27, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

GP acquires Gurdon IP wood plant

Georgia-Pacific Corporation has purchased the International Paper facility at Gurdon with plans to continue to operations. The acquisition is a move to better serve GP customers to the west, according to information from GP. Information about the sale w...

Council requests ordinance to ban burning leaves

Prescott City Council members are slated to discuss a proposed ordinance that will ban the burning of leaves inside the city limits. With three dissenting votes, council members voted to have Prescott City Attorney Glen Vasser draw up the ordinance for c...

DHHS sees some staffing changes

The faces havent really changed, but several of the staff members at the Nevada County Department of Health and Human Services have new duties. I have left my position as administrator, said Edie Greenwood. Greenwood has accepted a position as com...

Local man asks for chance to bid

Members of the Prescott City Council heard from a local businessman who said he should have the opportunity to bid on jobs for the city of Prescott. David Rowe, owner of PSE, was on the councils agenda for the Dec. 18 meeting. Rowe said he has repeate...

Council members say they did not know city had issued check

By Wendy Ledbetter The Prescott City Council voted in November to reimburse a city electric customer $2,000, with the stipulation that the refund would be applied as a credit to the customers account. But the customer has received a check for the full a...

Junior Loe

Junior Loe, 75, of Magnolia, died Thursday, Decmeber 21, 2006, at the Magnolia City Hospital. He was born March 11, 1931, in Bodcaw. Mr. Loe was a retired mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and served in the United States Army. He was a member of ...

Two wolves named to 2006 All State team

Two Prescott Curley Wolves have been named All-State for their performance in the 2006 football season. Quarterback Ben Smith and linebacker Maxwell Hamilton, both seniors at Prescott High School, were stick to it players this season, Prescott Head Coac...