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Office hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The Union Democrat, established in 1854, is the Mother Lode’s leading information source.

The newspaper’s history began with the California gold rush in the Central Sierra Foothills. Published Tuesday through Saturday including holidays in Sonora. The Union Democrat reaches over 26,000 readers each day. We are a morning Newspaper serving Tuolumne & Calaveras Counties. The Foothill Shopper is published free every Wednesday.

Here's our FREE weekly guide to upcoming local arts and entertainment events. For more information, check out the Weeken...
08/06/2026

Here's our FREE weekly guide to upcoming local arts and entertainment events. For more information, check out the Weekender that comes out every Wednesday at:
https://uniondemocrat.pressreader.com/the-union-democrat-weekender

Here’s a look at arts and entertainment events happening this week in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. To submit an event for consideration in a future publication, email Weekender Editor Margie

Sonora's season tees off its season against the Ripon Indians Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Jack Tone Golf Course in Ripon.
08/06/2026

Sonora's season tees off its season against the Ripon Indians Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Jack Tone Golf Course in Ripon.

The Sonora High School varsity girls golf team is starting off its season in a position that is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was just 365 days ago,

Public health officials offered advice for anyone vulnerable to the hot temperatures.
08/06/2026

Public health officials offered advice for anyone vulnerable to the hot temperatures.

]The heat wave bearing down on the Mother Lode is expected to continue, with forecasts showing chances of Sonora-area highs approaching 99 the rest of this week and potential for

Herbert Wayne Smith, 65, of Valley Springs, gave an interview to the Sacramento-based news station KCRA3 today in which ...
08/06/2026

Herbert Wayne Smith, 65, of Valley Springs, gave an interview to the Sacramento-based news station KCRA3 today in which he professed it was an accident and that he didn't intentionally start the fire.

A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of recklessly starting the Gann Fire, the Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit announced just before 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Smoke from the fire was causing unhealthy air quality levels in the Sonora area.
08/05/2026

Smoke from the fire was causing unhealthy air quality levels in the Sonora area.

The estimated size of the Gann Fire burning in Calaveras County nearly doubled to 7,052 acres in 24 hours and by Wednesday morning the fire had prompted evacuation warnings to

Tuolumne County resident Dennis "Denny" Thompson has survived anti-aircraft flak over Germany, two Purple Heart wounds a...
08/05/2026

Tuolumne County resident Dennis "Denny" Thompson has survived anti-aircraft flak over Germany, two Purple Heart wounds and more than a century of life.

More than 80 years after flying bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, Tuolumne County resident Dennis “Denny” Thompson celebrated his 104th birthday Saturday at Sonora Moose Lodge

UD sports reporter Travis Bradley shares lesson learned from the links in his latest "More Than the Score" column.
08/05/2026

UD sports reporter Travis Bradley shares lesson learned from the links in his latest "More Than the Score" column.

As inevitable as the ever-turning wheels of time, it’s almost impossible for us to not look back upon our younger selves, full of hindsight bias, and think what could have

Stephen Tyler Prock, 58, was reportedly in the midst of downloading more child sexual abuse material when federal agents...
08/05/2026

Stephen Tyler Prock, 58, was reportedly in the midst of downloading more child sexual abuse material when federal agents served a search warrant on his Jamestown home.

A Jamestown man was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term allowed under federal law after being convicted of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material.

About 90 square miles of rural western Calaveras County were under evacuation orders due to the Gann Fire.
08/05/2026

About 90 square miles of rural western Calaveras County were under evacuation orders due to the Gann Fire.

A brush fire that broke out Monday evening southeast of New Hogan Reservoir and Valley Springs had grown to 3,760 acres by 4 p.m. Tuesday with no containment, prompting authorities

Tuolumne Students for Change was founded by a group of high school students to raise money this summer in support of Ama...
08/04/2026

Tuolumne Students for Change was founded by a group of high school students to raise money this summer in support of Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency's local food programs.

A group of high school students who call themselves Tuolumne Students for Change recently hosted a car wash and raised $600 for one of the county’s leading distributors of food

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