This weekend the Lassen Historical Society will present an opportunity for fans of local history and art to learn more about the amazing murals that grace buildings throughout uptown Susanville. The murals, painted over the last 20 years, depict scenes from Susanville’s past and pay...

Lassen National Forest’s revived Youth Conservation Corps employed a four-person crew from Susanville, Westwood and Janesville once again this summer to work on forest projects. Crew members Danielle Allen, Aaron Crowther, Kody Gifford and Destiny Richardson participated in an eight-week program that has kept them...

This weekend the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce will be putting on an amazing show in the skies over Susanville. At dawn on Saturday and Sunday hot air balloons will ascend for the first ever ‘Diamond Mountain Balloon Races.’ The pilots will travel from all...

Last month around 70 LDS Church youth and adult leaders from Susanville, Quincy, Loyalton, Westwood, Clear Creek, Greenville and Portola participated in a handcart trek to commemorate the westward migration of the Mormons to the Salt Lake Valley in the mid-nineteenth century. Between 1856 and 1860 almost 3,000 church...

Susanville Supermarket IGA threw their big annual ‘Kidfest’ party Saturday in the parking lot of store. The event featured watermelon eating, free root beer floats, face painting, a fire truck display and more! Kids got to have fun helping color the giant mural, along...

From time to time here in our WebXtras we like to feature interesting and notable people who were born, or who have lived, in our lovely little town. Today we feature the story of Charles Kellogg, vaudevillian, naturalist and creator of the ‘Travel Log’. Kellogg was...

Saturday morning a very special event in the history of our county takes place at the very spot where Susanville began. Masonic dignitaries from throughout the west coast will visit the grounds of Roop’s Fort on Weatherlow Street tomorrow, celebrating 150 years of Lassen...

The Lassen High School Alumni Association celebrated their 27th anniversary at the group’s annual Alumni Picnic on June 18th, with almost 400 alumni and guests in attendance at the Lassen County Fairgrounds. Several alumni were recognized with awards, including Freda Owens of the Class of...

Our coast to coast coverage of the 2011 Race Across America comes to a climax today with Team JDRF IGA predicted to arrive in Annapolis about 10:30 this morning. Thanks to crew member and WebXtra correspondent Jim Chapman who is keeping us all up to date...

Our coast to coast coverage of the 2011 Race Across America Continues on the 3,000 mile trek from Oceanside, California to Annapolis Maryland. After crossing the Missouri and Mississippi rivers Rick, Anna and the JDRF IGA Team are racing through the the final leg of their...

Our coast to coast coverage of the 2011 Race Across America Continues on the 3,000 mile trek from Oceanside, California to Annapolis Maryland. After crossing the Rockies at Wolf Creek Pass Rick, Anna and the JDRF IGA Team are racing through the midwest, still on schedule...