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Champions crowned as Mother Lode Roundup Rodeo pays out nearly $37K

Union Democrat staff May 11, 2026 May 11, 2026 Updated May 12, 2026 The 67th annual Mother Lode Roundup presented by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Posse brought two days of rodeo action to the Mother ...
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Death Notices for May 12, 2026

GORGAS — MaryEllen “Bonny” Gorgas, 93, died Friday, May 8, at her home in Sonora. Private family burial will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery in Jamestown. Terzich and Wilson Cremation-Funeral Home ...
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Sacramento Kings starter undergoes surgery. Will he be healthy next season?

Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray missed most of the 2025-26 NBA season due to injuries. After undergoing surgery on Tuesday, he will miss much of the summer as well.
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Photo gallery: 67th Mother Lode Roundup Parade (May 9, 2026)

Thousands of spectators lined downtown Sonora's main thoroughfare Saturday morning for the 67th annual Mother Lode Roundup Parade that featured about 100 entries, including marching bands, horses and ...
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Beginning with Dodgers, SF Giants gear up for grueling stretch on road

For the next four weeks, the Giants better get used to living out of their suitcases. Beginning on Monday, 20 of San Francisco’s next 26 games will be on the road, the team’s most brutal stretch of ...
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Tuolumne County honors law enforcement officers killed in line of duty

Scores of spectators, including Tuolumne County elected officials and county government workers, joined local law enforcement ...
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Sonora Certified Farmers Market events return this Saturday

The very first Sonora Certified Farmers Market event of the year is scheduled for 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. this Saturday in the parking lot bounded by Stewart, Shepherd, and Theall ...
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Adventist Health Sonora volunteers donate $30K, celebrate service

Decades of service and thousands of volunteer hours were celebrated last month at Adventist Health Sonora, where the hospital’s volunteers also donated $30,000 to help support local health care ...
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Debris burn sparks brief fire near Sonora

Tuolumne County firefighters quickly contained a small vegetation fire Wednesday afternoon on the 18100 block of Via Serena ...
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Yosemite gathering agreement with tribes includes Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians

Indigenous tribal people, including the Miwuk, Paiute, and Ahwahnechee, have harvested black oak acorns, manzanita berries, deer grass, milkweed, dogbane, and other plant materials for thousands of ...
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Cherie DeVaux becomes 1st woman to train Kentucky Derby winner

Eighty-nine years after Mary Hirsch became the first woman trainer to enter a horse in the Kentucky Derby, Cherie DeVaux completed the journey. All it took for women’s sports history on North American ...
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Alexander Hamilton is ‘cocky.’ George Washington ‘owns the room.’ Blind and low-vision visitors decode 1776 using their hands in a new tactile tour

You can tell a lot about someone from their posture. “He seems confident,” Kosi Asabere said, placing her hands on the bronze statue in front of her. She ran her hands over the figure’s hands, noting ...