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Striking gold or striking out? Final hearing on reopening of Nevada County mine continued to Friday

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Striking gold or striking out? Final hearing on reopening of Nevada County mine continued to Friday


NEVADA CITY — Will mining company Rise Gold Corp. strike gold or strike out in their controversial bid to reopen a historic gold mine in Nevada County? The community should have its long-awaited answer on Friday.

The final hearing to decide if the Nevada County Board of Supervisors will accept Rise Gold’s petition to reopen the Idaho-Maryland mine and certify the environmental impact report (EIR) first started at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Public comment lasted until 7 p.m. with dozens still left to speak. The hearing was continued to Friday morning so everyone could have their voice heard.

“This is not happening here. This is not what we want,” Wendy Thompson told CBS13 after the meeting, where she was the last to give public comment. “There is so much support against the mine. You wish they would just go away and get it.”

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There was hardly an empty seat in the packed chamber all day as people cycled in and out to speak at the podium.

The backlash to reopening what was once one of California’s top-producing gold mines has been years in the making. The mine sites sit just a few miles from downtown Grass Valley and right in the middle of a residential area.

“Please do not gamble with the safety and the future of this town that we love,” said one man in public comment Thursday night. “Reject this ill-fated project.”

The mine has been shuttered since the mid-1950s and the argument against reopening it has become fierce throughout the community.

“It’s gold, which has value of its own, no question about it, or quality of life, which is the reason we all live here. For me, it’s about quality of life,” said another man of the argument in public comment.

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Back in May 2023, CBS13 reported that the county’s planning commission voted unanimously to recommend the board of supervisors reject both the EIR and the project proposal entirely.

Then, in December 2023, CBS13 reported that the board voted Rise Gold did not have a “vested right” to reopen the mine that they purchased without county approval.

“We already have a legacy of gold mining here and we are still cleaning up after it. And that was 100 years ago,” said Thompson.

The gold rush town largely has one message: mining is our past, not our future.

“We have enough gold. We don’t need to mine anymore in my community or in anyone else’s. Please say no to the mine,” said a young child at the podium Thursday.

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The community and advocacy organizations like Mine Watch are most worried about air pollution, access to water and environmental impacts if the mine were to resurrect.

Many in public comment Friday pointed out that environmental advocates have sounded the alarm about the EIR that claims the mine will be safe and responsible, calling the report flawed.

“Do we trust this company who threatens to force a mine opening with a suit? Do we trust them to have our best interests and health in mind?” asked one woman at the podium. “If we are creating additional issues with heavy metals, how is that within the overall context of a community trying to clean up widespread heavy metal contamination for decades?”

If the mine moves back in, some say it will send them packing.

“Everyone will have to ask the question, ‘Do I stay?’ ” Bevan Iredell told CBS13. “I invested in this place. I live here. It’s a nice place to live. I have a house I will draw equity out of. If this looks like it will depreciate that investment, I’m not married to this community. I will sell and move on.”

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Following Thursday’s hearing that spanned 10 hours, public comment will pick back up at 9 a.m. Friday at the Nevada County Government Center. It is expected the Nevada County Board of Supervisors will announce its final decision following the conclusion of the hearing.

CBS13 approached the CEO and president of Rise Gold Corp., Joseph Mullin, after the meeting. He did not wish to comment on this story.



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Nevada designates more than 119,000 voters inactive

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CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) – The State of Nevada says it has designated more than 119,000 voters as inactive ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says that in the spring of this year, counties updated 14,164 voter records, designated 119,533 voters as inactive and canceled the voter registrations of 7,583 people.

This is in addition to 2025 voter roll maintenance efforts that registered more than 138,000 voters inactive and canceled nearly 177,000 voter registrations.

“State and local election officials are working hard to prepare voters for the upcoming June Primary, and keeping Nevada’s voter rolls up to date is a critical part of that process. County election officials have dedicated significant resources to make sure Nevada’s voter registration records are accurate, so that all eligible Nevadans – and only eligible Nevadans – can cast a ballot,” said Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar. “Mail ballots are being sent to active, registered voters across the state now. Voters can support their local officials’ work by checking and updating their registration information on VOTE.NV.gov.”

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Arbor View beats rival Centennial for 5A boys volleyball state title

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The Arbor View boys volleyball team has embodied the mindset that it would take the efforts of all 16 players to win the school its first boys volleyball title.

It proved to be the case on Wednesday night against rival Centennial in the Class 5A state championship match, and the Aggies’ efforts all season showed up in the biggest game of the season.

No. 3-seeded Arbor View claimed its first boys volleyball title with a 25-20, 25-27, 25-19, 25-19 victory over top-seeded Centennial at Sunrise Mountain.

“It feels amazing. The boys have worked hard, I don’t even know if I could put it into words,” Arbor View coach Nicole Adarme said. “Our big goal was to stay calm and collected the entire time. I just wanted to reflect that for them.”

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Arbor View (28-13-1) let its emotions out after the final point on an Owen Wenger kill. The Aggies huddled and jumped for joy, helped carry injured teammate Gunnar Robinson off the bench, and eventually moved the celebration into the stands with a sea of red from the Arbor View student section.

“It feels absolutely great,” junior middle blocker/outside hitter Risden Miller said. “We trust each other so much. We’re best friends in and out of volleyball, and that really helps us on the court with just competing as a team.”

Even though the two team’s previous meeting on April 14 was a three-set win in league play by Centennial (32-6), Adarme said she knew the fourth meeting of the season for the two northwest rivals wasn’t going to be a sweep on either side.

Arbor View won a back-and-forth first set on a kill from Miller. Then it looked like the Aggies were going to win a close second set, but Centennial got a point for Arbor View being out of rotation, and the Bulldogs won four of the last five points to even the match score to one set apiece.

“That’s the traditional thing (when we play) Centennial (to play long matches), so for us, we just treated it like another set,” Adarme said. “We knew they were going to fight, so how do we respond to that? Our constant conversation was responding to the negative and moving forward in a positive direction.”

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Arbor View scored six straight points in the third set to take a 20-15 lead, and the Aggies never let up to get to the fourth set with a chance to win the title. The Aggies took advantage of several Centennial errors to take the lead in the third set on their way to the title.

“We took three deep breaths and reset and recollected ourselves as a team,” Miller said of closing out the final two sets. “That’s just completely huge for rebounding from a lost set.

“For me, personally, just looking at all my best friends on the court, that truly calms me down and I know it calms them down as well.”

Miller recorded 18 kills and Wenger was key at the net with eight kills and eight blocks. The Aggies also got contributions from Graham Blanchard, Kenyon Wickliffe and Robinson before he went down with a lower left leg injury in the fourth set.

Lincoln Larson led Centennial with 19 kills. It’s the first boys volleyball state title for Arbor View and first appearance in the title game after the program reached the state semifinals four previous times.

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“We can’t (win) with six, we have to do it with all 16,” Adarme said. “We’ve been training all of them to be ready for big moments and it was an amazing moment for Cooper (Ball, coming in for an injured Robinson) to be able to come in for us.

“We just had to know we couldn’t be outside of ourselves. Where we fell short in the past was trying to be more instead of focusing on what our role is and what our job is.”

Contact Alex Wright at awright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlexWright1028 on X.



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Las Vegas motorcyclist dies after crash on 215 flyover ramp

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — An 81-year-old man died after his motorcycle crashed on an eastbound 215 flyover ramp Saturday evening, Nevada State Police say.

The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the crash at approximately 5:16 p.m. on the eastbound 215 to I-11 northbound flyover on-ramp in Clark County.

According to NHP, a black 2018 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorcycle was traveling eastbound on the flyover ramp in the number one travel lane.

The rider failed to negotiate a curve and traveled right, entering the shoulder and striking a concrete traffic barrier. The motorcycle overturned and the rider was ejected.

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William Keith Kolb was transported from the scene to a local area hospital in critical condition and later died that evening from injuries sustained in the crash, police say.

An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Southern Command has investigated 26 fatal crashes resulting in 29 fatalities so far this year.

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