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Scotts Valley
May 15, 2026

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EDITOR,

About that Highway 236 closure

The California Department of Transportation has received many inquiries regarding the emergency repair project on Highway 236-Big Basin Way requiring a full road closure for three to four weeks beginning Monday, June 22.

Listen to a veteran

EDITOR,

Go for the fire station grant

We applaud Scotts Valley Fire Protection District’s plan to apply for a federal grant to build a La Madrona Drive fire station.

War is not fun and games

EDITOR,

Cuts to treatment would be misguided

Our newspapers are filled with stories of horrific cuts impacting schools, libraries, state parks and fire and police services. But the latest reductions to alcohol and drug treatment programs are wholly misguided.

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