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News for Sunday, March 05, 2006

Confusion over St. Helena Flood levels

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning on the Napa River at St.

Daily briefing

"Spring Into Action" Food Drive

Museum sets its sights on downtown

After seven years in Yountville, the Napa Valley Museum wants to build a much larger facility in downtown Napa to celebrate the area's natural and cultural history.

Growth slow but steady in Napa County

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States ask Supreme Court to resolve prescription drug plan

WASHINGTON -- Fifteen states are urging the Supreme Court to take the unusual step of immediately intervening to resolve a dispute between states and the federal government over the costly new Medicare prescription drug program.

Cultivating a nose for mealybugs

A litter of week-old golden retrievers look more like big hamsters than canines. But these nine tiny balls of fur are a big source of hope for Napa Valley growers whose vineyards are blighted by infestations of vine mealybug.

Vermont city will be first to use instant runoff

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Runoff elections are typically cumbersome processes, taking weeks and sometimes months to determine a winner. Burlington is going to do it all instantly.

A little pest is bugging grapegrowers, and it is not the storied sharpshooter

A glisten of honeydew on a vine. White waxy slime creeping out from a vine's bark. By the time the human eye spots the signs of the vine mealybug, an infestation is usually well underway.

U.S., Russian relations strained

WASHINGTON -- Russia's emergence as an increasingly authoritarian state could impair U.S.-Russian ability to cooperate on key international security issues, according to an analysis by a major foreign policy organization.

Weather service issues flood watch for Napa River

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch on the upper Napa River Saturday afternoon lasting through midnight on Sunday. A vigorous storm that developed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean was expected to drop an inch to 3 inches of rain on the valley.

News in brief

Suspect tries to launder money from bank robbery

Soccer program keeps kids focused on goals

On a chilly Saturday afternoon the boys from a local youth program scored goals both on and off the field at the first-ever CLARO Cup Soccer Tournament at Napa Valley College.

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