Teen Time: Is Scotts Valley really drug free?
This week is Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon posters are hung throughout our town saying that Scotts Valley is drug free. Is it really, though?
Editor’s Note
Upon arriving in the office Monday morning, March 8, I read a significant number of e-mails about our choice to publish pictures of the Felton home where Deanna Dudley was tragically killed on Feb. 28.
Plain Talk About Food: The truth about lard…leaf lard and tamales
Lard can be a touchy subject for many cooks who have or have not cooked with lard over the past 50 years, especially if you have not brought yourself up to speed with the new way pigs today are being raised on sustainable farms — such as Flying Pigs Farm in upstate New York.
Falcons take top spots
The Scotts Valley doubles team of Jack Beyke and Ryan Miller on the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League doubles tennis title on Wednesday, April 24 at Seascape Resort.
Valley rivals to battle in Cougar country
The Scotts Valley High varsity football team will travel to San Lorenzo Valley for a battle of valley rivals after winning the past two meetings between the teams.
SV teen aces martial arts competition
Thirteen-year-old Lauren Sibley spent her Labor Day weekend at the AKA American Open Martial Arts Championship in San Diego, and emerged victorious with four awards.
Scotts Valley graduate receives Teamsters scholarship
Violeta Dauksa of Scotts Valley has been named a recipient of a 2026 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund.
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