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Lexington County is planning to redraw its zoning map to change where new homes and neighborhoods can be built.

The Sonoma County Farm Bureau and others have major concerns about future water flows, but Sonoma Water officials say they’re ...

The Sonoma Planning Commission will hold a study session at its Thursday meeting to evaluate the site design for a proposed ...

Preparations for a possible flood in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents will be asked to obtain flood insurance for newly designated flood-prone areas ...

But perhaps the easiest starting point to understand the state’s housing problem is this: apartment buildings with four units or more can only be built, under current local zoning rules, on roughly 4 ...

SONOMA COUNTY OPENED EIGHT MILES of new trails at the Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve last week, roughly doubling the size of the park’s trail network. The expansion through the ...

177 communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Not all ...

The Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) has designated two new Groundwater Sustainability Priority Areas—El ...

They run away when they're nervous, and then all of a sudden they'll realize, 'Hey, I don't have anything going on I'm building,' ...