As visitors and employees remain shut out after Copia’s unexpected closing Friday afternoon, interim chief executive Garry McGuire released a statement Monday about the struggling center.

As two more Northern California cities consider joining Vallejo by filing for bankruptcy, Napa reports it is planning for harder times ahead.

Rot, fruit flies not much bigger than the head of a pin, the eggs of 15 Rhode Island Reds and leavings from crushed grapes and olives all figured in award-winning research projects by 10 St. Helena High School students active in Future Farmers of America.

Nobody knows Napa State Hospital like Dorothy Owen.

Despite the large rewards offered in two unsolved Napa crimes, police still have not made any arrests.

Four men landed in the county jail after they allegedly stuffed stereo speakers down the front of their pants at the American Canyon Wal-Mart and attempted to leave the store, police said.

As President-elect Barack Obama quickly puts together a list of key figures in his administration, Napa’s own congressman is considered a top contender for the position of United States Secretary of the Interior.

American Canyon police responded to a call on Sunday morning from Wal-Mart Supercenter security about two young children who were alone in car in the parking lot, American Canyon Police Chief Brian Banducci said.

More than 200 voters did not have their ballots counted in the Nov. 4 election, according to Napa County Registrar of Voters John Tuteur.

The Vintage High School math teacher charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse against a minor has pleaded not guilty to all counts.

Cheryl Forberg, nutritionist to the hit NBC show "The Biggest Loser," is a Napa County resident who generously contriubutes a monthly column to our readers on weight loss and generalk nutrition issues.

Eight players in Week No. 12 of our Can You Beat Randy NFL Pool hit for 13 wins, but this time even the tiebreaker was not enough to determine the week’s winner.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing at 11 a.m. Tuesday to give Napa County residents an opportunity to weigh in on a proposed winter shelter at 1098 Jordan Lane.

Here are the five finalists in NapaValleyRegister.com’s first-ever Thanksgiving Dinner Disaster story contest, sponsored by Vallerga’s Markets in Napa.