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The 6,864 acre Panther Fire is now 60% contained in Tehama County. The map also shows the 75 acre Cedar Fire burning a few miles south of Butte Meadows in Butte County.

Michael Condon
Staff Writer
Updated 5/6/2013

 

The Panther Fire in Tehama County burned 6,864 acres and was 60 percent contained as of Monday morning

The fire started the morning of May 1 in a rugged area of the Deer Creek Canyon north of Butte Meadows and Highway 32.Strong winds pushed the fire up steep slopes and the fire had grown to over 6,000 acres by Friday morning.

Chester High School Principal Scott Cory (left) and coach Terry Hernandez (right) watch proudly as senior wrestler Rocklin Loranger signs his letter of intent with Northern State University’s wrestling program April 19. Photo courtesy Paige Broglio

Samantha P. Hawthorne

  Chester High School wrestler Rocklin Loranger signed his national letter of intent with Northern State University’s Division II wrestling program April 19.

  Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association — the school’s current year overall record is 5-11.

  Under wrestling coach Pat Timm’s instruction, Loranger will begin his college career in the 2013-14 season in the middle weight class. He currently weighs in at 141 pounds.

  On April 24, the little hospital that could chugged its way up to the capital to plead its case to the legislators in Sacramento.

  Eastern Plumas Health Care CEO Tom Hayes and Plumas County Supervisor Jon Kennedy testified to the Senate Health Committee on behalf of Senate Bill 646.

The Alumni and Friends Jazz Ensemble closes the 11th annual Plumas Jazz Night with a stellar performance of five tunes, including an original composition by Greenville music teacher Jim Norman.Photos by Laura Beaton

  Feet tapped, heads bobbed and fingers snapped in time to the music performed April 22 at the 11th annual Plumas Jazz Night in Quincy.

  The event, held at the Town Hall Theatre, was a collaborative effort between Quincy, Greenville and Chester high school jazz bands and the Chester jazz choir, which led off the night’s entertainment.