USDA offers aid for farmers set back by flood
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency's Emergency Conservation Program provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters, such as the New Year's Eve flooding in Napa County.
Motorcyclist killed in Angwin crash
From Register Staff
New Upvalley police chief focused on community rapport
By DAVID RYAN, Register Staff Writer
Huge jump in grape production in '05Half-billion dollar total up nearly 55 percent from last year
The wine grape is still king in Napa County.
Hitting the books
Napa school administrators are proposing a bold move to prepare more public school children for college.
About 150 area officers helped with security during weekend event
The president's Secret Service contingent likes Napa County's law enforcement hospitality and preparedness.
CORRECTION
A page A2 story Wednesday about two cousins injured in a crash misstated the location. The crash was in Idaho.
AmCan cops bust theft suspect
An American Canyon man was booked into Napa County Jail on a no-bail parole hold Tuesday night after he was arrested on investigation of burglary and theft.
Shift toward college prep has some vocational school advocates worried
Advocates of vocational and technical training are worried that non-academic classes will be left behind now that the Napa Valley Unified School District is placing a higher priority on college preparatory classes.
, Castillo to take over in St. Helena following Wedell's October resignation
St. Helena's newest police chief, Benicia Police Sgt. Monty Castillo, said he is ready to take the small Upvalley force and "move forward."
Motorcyclist killed in Angwin crash
Register Staff
Rotary scholarship deadline May 15
The Rotary Club of Napa's annual "Service Above Self," essay contest for a $2,500 scholarship is just around the corner.
Huge jump in grape production in '05 Half-billion dollar total up nearly 55 percent from last year
The wine grape is still king in Napa County.
Minuteman Project gains mainstream appeal amid the immigration debate
IRVINE -- Laurie Lisonbee worried about illegal immigration but figured it was somebody else's issue -- until she saw hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters marching across her TV screen.
U.S. firms say Mexico boycott could backfire on immigrants
MEXICO CITY -- U.S. lobbyists lashed out Wednesday at the Mexican "Nothing Gringo" campaign timed for May 1 to coincide with the "Day Without Immigrants" boycott in the United States.
Justices consider whether firms that hire illegal workers can be sued for racketeering
WASHINGTON -- Several Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Wednesday about whether a Georgia floor-covering company can be sued under anti-racketeering laws for allegedly using recruiters to find and hire illegal immigrants.
Rove makes fifth grand jury appearance
WASHINGTON -- White House aide Karl Rove spent almost four hours at the federal courthouse Wednesday, during which he made his fifth grand jury appearance in the Valerie Plame affair.
Forest Service: No management-cost analyses on lands being sold
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The U.S. Forest Service has no specific documents supporting the argument that isolated parcels of land it wants to sell to maintain payments to rural schools are expensive to manage, according to the agency's response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
Supreme Court debates the way that states execute killers
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices clashed on Wednesday over how states execute killers, with one court member saying current lethal-injection drugs would not be used on cats and dogs and a second arguing that executions do not have to be pain-free.
Fox host Tony Snow named White House spokesman
WASHINGTON -- President Bush gave his presidency a facelift Wednesday, tapping a smooth-talking, telegenic conservative commentator as the new White House press secretary.
State and National briefs
Good students locked out of Marine World
