The Napa Valley Register and napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

In the Register’s “Going Green” supplement earlier this year, I noticed that customers for Upper Valley Disposal & Recycling Service can put plastic bags in the recycle cart. However, an article from Napa Recycling & Waste Services says no plastic bags, please. Where can you recycle plastic bags?

Using federal grants, Napa will contract for $193,448 worth of sidewalk and curb repairs in Los Robles subdivision in south Napa.

Napa firefighters have one more tool to help fight fires and saves lives, thanks to the efforts of a group of women who are very close to them.

The Napa Whole Foods Market received a B in its most recent county food facility inspection, making a swift recovery from its first failing report.

Napa wants to bring its new 33-acre riverfront park inside city limits, while leaving the site north of Trancas Street off limits to future urban development.

The homicide trial gets under way today in the shooting death of a 62-year-old man at his north Napa apartment.

Accountability is not free, according to local educators.

While developments like the Napa Pipe proposal and Ghisletta annexation may drive discussions on growth in Napa, a candid discussion on the region’s need for housing near job centers also needs to take place. That’s the word from American Canyon, where growth and traffic congestion remain among the more pressing issues.

Trouble broke out at Napa State Hospital late Sunday night when George Aaron Carver, a 35-year-old patient, attacked another male patient at the facility.

Two minimum security inmates — one from Napa — are on the loose after escaping from a prison medical facility.

An employee at Silverado Plaza’s Jamba Juice store had a frightening surprise at closing time around 10 p.m. Sunday when an armed robber entered the Trancas Street business.

The trial of a young Napa man accused of shooting an elderly male acquaintance in 2007 got under way Monday with opening statements from defense attorney Jess Raphael and Napa County Deputy District Attorney Gary Van Camp.