After the shocking Interstate bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Napa public works officials are thanking their stars for the Napa River-Napa Creek flood control.

The four-year battle to have Calistoga recognized as an American Viticultural Area (AVA) has hit another obstacle, and this one may have a much more far-reaching effect.

A former Department of Interior political appointee may have improperly removed federal critical habitat protection for the red-legged frog in California and other endangered species in the U.S., according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A former Napa city assistant planning director arrested for possessing child pornography has been sentenced in federal court to 4 years, 10 months in federal prison.

Two boys playing in the Napa Creek at Broadmore Drive and Partrick Road Thursday afternoon found more than old bottles and rocks. They found two old military ordinance hand grenades.

Copia’s second-ranking employee, Kurt Nystrom, was given the ax this week to free up money for new wine programs.

The cetacean visitor pictured swimming in the Napa River has been identified as a harbor porpoise, a spokesman for The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito said Thursday.