-Headline News

6/8/2010

All Plumas County newspapers will be going to press late Tuesday night so that an election story will be available on the front page of the printed newspapers and available at newsstands in each Plumas County community by early Wednesday morning.

Plumas County election results will also be posted here Tuesday evening as the Plumas County Clerk makes them available after the polls close, with a link provided below.

Plumas County residents will be interested in the following races:

Plumas County Sheriff

Plumas County Assessor

County Supervisor District 5

6/7/2010

Susanville & Chester, CA - The Lassen National Forest's Almanor Ranger District is planning on implementing a prescribed burn in the Betty Sue project area. The project's south end is located three miles north of Westwood and extends three miles north, directly west of Highway A-21. Up to 650 acres could be burned over the course of several days. Ignition could start as early as June 9th. Watch for smoke on A-21 as well as Highway 36 in the vicinity of Westwood.

Indian Valley Health Care District directors will discuss retaining a specifically named attorney to counsel them in the process of a surplus declaration and sale of the hospital buildingand adjoining property.

  At their May 30 meeting, Feather River College trustees approved a new Memorandum of Understanding and lease agreement with the FRC Foundation that will allow the college to take over operation of the Feather River Fitness and Recreation facility at 336 Crescent St. in Quincy.

The Plumas County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $125,000 out of a public works equipment replacement fund at an early May meeting after receiving an explanation for the request from Public Works Director Bob Perreault.