The Appeal-Democrat in Yuba reports on the closure of a claims center and the hope that the Yuba-Sutter Enterprise Zone will be able to save the day:

Marysville and Yuba County officials hope incentives from the Yuba-Sutter Enterprise Zone will soften the blow when workers at a Medicare claims center lose their jobs in June.

Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave notice to 220 employees at Marysville’s NHIC One-Step Center on J Street last week that the contract keeping them afloat will not be renewed.