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Water pipeline leaking in Colfax

Gearhart Lane, off North Main Street, is closed as Placer County Water Agency crews investigate the cause of a leaking water main. Water service was cut off Friday afternoon to hom ...

Painting the town

Volunteers painted the intersection of Grass Valley and Main streets Sunday evening in preparation for the Colfax Independence Day celebration on July 3. According to retired city ...

Railroad repairs to close crossing for a week

Motorists – and pedestrians – who normally use Grass Valley Street to get into Colfax can expect major inconvenience the first week in January. According to Sgt. Ty Conners, c ...

First brick building withstands devastation

For Robert Egbert and William Wallace, like the other merchants of Illinoistown in the mid-1860s, a new building at trackside in the new railroad town was good for business. What t ...

Local Masonic chapter began in Illinoistown in 1854

Easily the most prominent building in historic Colfax is the Masonic Hall. The red brick and ornate style attribute to its unique nature among the other rather plain buildings on t ...

Blaze causes $50K in damage

While a fire last week caused some major damage to a Colfax building, firefighters managed to contain the fire quickly and keep it from spreading. According to Cal Fire Colfax Bat ...

Business Buzz

EVANGELINE’S Café is celebrating her third anniversary all this month! Evangeline Elston, the owner and creator of all those luscious homemade goodies, has become the early morn ...

Focusing on Colfax's historical Main Street

The quest for heavy metal now finds us on historical Colfax’s Main Street. I’ll stop for a second to remind you the goal of the quest. How many plaques per capita are there in ...

Dishing some details on arrival of new eatery

The joy of doing this column every other week is that I get to share good news about businesses in the Colfax area and to stimulate dialogue. And, in recent months we have had a ...