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- NRA volunteers clean up illegal dump site
A group of volunteers from Amador and El Dorado counties recently spent a day cleaning up an illegal dump site on old Highway 88 near Omo Ranch Road.
- Capital region gets low-income housing grants
Low-income residents in Placer County and many other parts of California will have new opportunities early next year to buy their first home or rehabilitate their house.
- Area Democrats choose officers
Twelve members of the Amador County Democratic Central Committee were sworn into office for the 2009-11 term on Dec.
- look AWA inherits old challenges
The enthusiasm was palpable on Thursday morning, as the Amador Water Agency held its first meeting with the four new directors chosen last month by the voters of Amador County.
- Cow sighting ends badly
A pickup truck reportedly rear-ended a sedan as it tried to pass on Pine Grove Volcano Road near Masonic Road Wednesday afternoon.
- DA's fraud unit arrests Ione man
A seven-month criminal investigation has resulted in the arrest of an Ione prison employee on multiple counts of insurance fraud.
- Human rights violations in our own backyard
Dec. 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- California Historical Landmark #867
Jack and I spent the Wednesday before Thanksgiving waymarking historical sites in Western Amador County in the rain.
- Juvenile prison system called troubled 4 years after consent decree
Joseph Daniel Maldonado became a poster boy for all that is wrong with juvenile prisons by hanging himself after eight weeks on 24-hour lockdown in 2005.
- Home for the Holidays 2008
By Jerry Budrick The "Jewel of the Mother Lode" knows how to throw a party and has been showing how to do it for years.
- Cops and Courts: Nov. 21, 2008
A 56-year-old Santa Cruz man who crashed his truck on Highway 1 just north of the Fishhook on Wednesday afternoon, tying up traffic for two hours, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, the ...
- Ione officials keep busy schedule
Forty-six Ione residents attend a planning workshop at the Evalynn Bishop Hall on Wednesday.
- 8 lives to go - Cats require medical treatment following separate assaults
Vietnam War veteran Harold Spicer holds his cat Buddy shortly after it returned home from an operation to have its leg amputated following a pellet gun attack.
- Cops and Courts: Nov. 15, 2008
A 28-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday night after a full-size pickup truck struck her near Main Street and Green Valley Road.
- Prison integration plan renewed
Efforts have been renewed to racially integrate prison housing at the Sierra Conservation Center near Jamestown.
- Unofficial results suggest big changes for water agency, Jackson
Ione City Council candidate David Plank casts one of many votes for himself in front of 48-year veteran elections inspector Carolyn Fisher.
- Schwarzenegger Risks Contempt On Prison Reform
Inmates at the Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Calif., were living in a modified gymnasium when this photo was taken in August 2007.
- Pilot of small plane feared dead
The pilot of a single-engine Globe Swift airplane is feared dead after the remains of the plane were found about 9:30 a.m. Friday on the exposed dry lake bottom of Camanche Reservoir.
- Staggering turnout, passion, excitement and pizzas mark Election Day as Amador votes
The vintage ballot box in Amador City has a key attached by a rubber band for safekeeping.
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City DescriptionIone is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 7,129 at the 2000 census. Once known as "Bed-Bug" and "Freeze Out," Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern Mines.
Ione is located at 38°21′15″N 120°56′16″W / 38.35417, -120.93778 (38.354225, -120.937658).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.4 km² (4.8 sq mi). 4.7 square miles (12.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.63%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,129 people, 1,081 households, and 780 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,502.6 people per square mile (580.7/km²). There were 1,155 housing units at an average density of 243.4/sq mi (94.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 57.90% White, 17.83% Black or African American, 2.30% Native American, 1.68% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 18.12% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. 20.16% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the city the population was spread out with 17.8% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 45.0% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.6% who ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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