• Nevada County has a new opt-in emergency alert system. It's called Nevada County Alerts and it replaces CodeRED.

Melissa Hannebrink, owner of Quietech, a local computer technical support, training, and repair shop visited the KVMR studios to talk with News Director Cláudio Mendonça about A.I. and the upcoming Senior Protection & Scam Prevention Expo.

• The FBI's most recent Internet Crime Report says Americans lost nearly $21 billion to scammers in 2025. Just this month, an elderly Grass Valley woman was swindled out of $40K in cash by someone posing as an employee of her bank. Melissa Hannebrink, a local computer business owner wants to help people stay safe through education. She's organized the upcoming ScamExpo.

Nevada County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call in the area of Yellow Pine Lane off Graniteville Rd around noon on Saturday and encountered a deceased adult man later identified as 45-year-old Jeremy Norton, of Nevada City. There are currently no suspects in custody and the the investigation remains active.

• On this inaugural Local News Day, your community radio newsroom speaks to two local high schoolers about their effort to bring local news back to their Grass Valley campus. The goal of Local News Day - connect people with trusted, local newsrooms that serve their communities. Ada, a freshman at Nevada Union High School, and Tori, a sophomore, are setting out to do just that.

• According to the 2026 T.R.U.T.H. presentation, only 18 of the total 2,916 local jail bookings involved ICE in some way. 

• In recognition of National Public Health Week, KVMR News brings you a look at Nevada County’s Public Health Department. We hear from Community Health Analyst Shannon Harney about extensive efforts to expand the county’s oral health program.
  For more information about the free oral health program or to register for a spot of the clinic, adults with active Medi-Cal can call: (530) 265-1450 or email [email protected]

• NID's proposed rate increase will help pay for the Scotts Flat Reservoir spillway replacement. Learn more about the rate increase on NID's water rates page. 
• For Public Health Week KVMR News checked in with Nevada County Community Health Analyst Shannon Harney.

• NID hydrologists say the historic heat has sharply reduced this year's snowpack. The district's snowpack typically reaches its seasonal peak in late March or early April but the recent snow survey measured just 15 percent of average for this time of year.

• NASA successfully launched the Artemis II mission on Wednesday. KVMR Broadcaster and Science educator Al Stahler discusses the historic event with Cláudio Mendonça.