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This early March, Scotts Valley city officials gave sighs of relief when voters approved Measure Z, an increased sales tax to support the slowly spiraling city funds.  However, shortly after the last Press Banner editorial on the matter, the shelter in place order began and decimated two of the city’s largest resources for revenue, sales tax and hotel tax.  While the city won’t understand the effect of SIP on sales tax until later in the month (sales goes through the County first, then the City), the City Council is already aware of large drops in hotel tax.  Due to these current circumstances, despite the passing of Measure Z and rigorous City Council efforts to support local business (like the Economic Recovery Subcommittee, temporary outdoor seating, and Restart Toolkits), the City of Scotts Valley’s is moving toward budget cuts.

Three Scotts Valley High School seniors signed letters of intent to play college athletics at the Division I level during a ceremony at the school on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

Scotts Valley City Council candidates debated thorny local issues ranging from future growth to government transparency during a candidate forum on Thursday, Oct. 6.

Those who grew up with something like a “Main Street” in their home towns may remember the excitement of strolling down the street the day after Thanksgiving to see all the Christmas-decorated store windows. The window decorations ran the gamut from a few poinsettia plants to a small Victorian village display with a train continuously running an on an oval track. That window was the one most kids begged their parents to stop at so they could watch for a while until the parents finally exclaimed, "Come on! We’ve got to get going – we have a lot of shopping to do!”

The Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley has announced that it raised about $20,000 in net proceeds in 2024 from the Music at Skypark concert series, which concluded Sept. 29. Kiwanis will donate all the proceeds to Scotts Valley Unified School District to help fund music...

Scotts Valley’s Nikki Owens fanned 14 batters and allowed the Cougars (1-3 in league, 8-11 overall) only three hits in seven innings in the Falcon’s 9-0 thumping of their cross-town rival.

Two years ago, Mia Brees, an active Boulder Creek first-grader at the time, went to the doctor for a sprained ankle that was not healing.

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