By 6 p.m. on a day in January, Natalie Baird had already run speed drills around the track and scaled the 28-foot rock-climbing wall. Nearing the end of her workout, she stood poolside at Claude Moore Recreation Center in Sterling and tucked her long red hair inside a swimming cap. Baird picked out…

Applications for the Farmington Merchants’ League have been distributed in local school systems and are available on the Farmington Parks and Recreation website.

Justin Mashburn, Youth Recreation Coordinator for the Montrose Recreation Department, finishes putting up soccer nets on the McNeil Fields Monday afternoon. Monday evening was the beginning of the season for youth soccer.

Only Grass Valley residents would be allowed to buy fireworks within city limits this Independence Day, under a recommendation forwarded by Fire Chief Jim Marquis to the Grass Valley City Council.