Gold Country Fair

Community backs its youth

I recently attended the Junior Livestock Auction at the Gold Country Fair and once again the businesses and residents of the greater Auburn area were there to support the youth who ...

Ron Ludford’s passion for restoring makes him ‘King of the Hill’

What you want to do in retirement varies from person to person. Every working person has a different dream for the years of life that do not require steady 40-hour workweeks. For ...

Off to a fair start

The Gold Country Fair opened on Thursday enticing fairgoers with unique fried foods, music, animals and a parade.  Above, Jacob Ryan (7) from Auburn, helps out Long Valley 4H ...

Noon Hour Update: Fair food preview; resignation on Planning commission and school enrollment numbers

Welcome to the Auburn Journal’s “Noon Hour Update,” where we’ll present you with stories and updates on what’s going on in the news and what we’ ...

A smorgasbord of tempting treats at Gold Country Fair

The Gold Country Fair returns to Auburn Thursday, and for many people that means it’s time for carnival games, livestock exhibits, arts and crafts displays and stomach-turnin ...

Come to the local fair

I will be showing and selling my lamb, Oreo, a Suffolk Hampshire cross, at the Gold Country Fair, Sept. 6 to 9. I am an independent, but recently joined Miners Ravine 4-H sheep clu ...

Hard work pays off at Junior Livestock Auction

These kids aren’t afraid to get dirty. Ophir 4-H members spend part of every day taking care of their animals – getting them up to proper weight, keeping them healthy a ...

Gold Country Fair offers four days of family fun

If visions of the Destruction Derby, carnival rides, livestock exhibits and funnel cakes are dancing through your head, worry not – it’s completely normal this time of ...

Noon Hour Update: Common Core education standards; Sierra’s Emergency Fund; Labor Day law enforcement and ARD race

Welcome to the Auburn Journal’s “Noon Hour Update,” where we’ll present you with stories and updates on what’s going on in the news and what we’ ...

Service groups band together for Project Gold Country Fairgrounds

Ronald Reagan called Auburn’s fair “the little fair that wouldn’t die” in 1970. Today in the face of losing over $200,000 of its operating budget, some local service groups ...