Working with local agencies, law enforcement and agricultural partners, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will implement the effort in Sierra, Plumas and Siskiyou counties. The announced Monday that it is launching a summer strike team in partnership with federal and local agencies to...

Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Reno have issued a Fire Weather Watch warning area residents to expect gusty winds and low humidity from this morning through Saturday evening. Along with Lassen County and the Honey Lake Valley, the warning is also for...

Verizon and Frontier Communications are both confirming a network outage affecting internet and phone services for customers in our area. Verizon's Outage Center message estimates service restoration Friday morning at 6:46. Verizon Outage Message"Data, Voice, and Text services are limited.Our crew has determined that additional repairs...

Updated 10:32a.m. Firefighters have contained the vegetation fire and stopped its forward progress at .6 acres. This will end our breaking news coverage. Updated 10:07a.m. Radio traffic indicates firefighters have a handle on the fire and incoming resources have been reduced to a 'code 2'...

The Lassen County Fish and Game Commission will be meeting at 707 Nevada Street in Susanville this Thursday, January 19th, at 7:00p.m. Click here to download a printable agenda for the meeting. fishgameagenda061925Download

Public Safety Chief Michael Bengoa-Bollinger has announced that he will suspend all burn permits and open burning in the City of Susanville effective immediately. The suspension bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris, branches, leaves, and any other type of open burning. "This declaration of...

There will be a Lassen County Board of Supervisors Meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025, at 9:00a.m. at the Board Chambers, 707 Nevada Street, Susanville. Click here to download a printable agenda for the meeting.

Updated 4:10 Resources are being cancelled and the progress of the fire, according to Incident Command, has been stopped. This will end our breaking news coverage of this fire. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and post if an update is needed....

Lassen County Sheriff John McGarva issued a statement late Monday afternoon addressing the inclusion of Lassen County on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's list of 'Sanctuary Counties' despite an earlier Board of Supervisors' resolution stating the opposite. According to McGarva, the Sheriff’s Office received...

The Bureau of Land Management is improving public facilities and access along the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail to enhance visitor safety and experience. The work includes installing new vault toilets, removing a rockslide, and upgrading parking areas. Trail users should expect short-term closures or...

Underscoring the dry conditions and elevated fire danger, firefighters from agencies throughout the valley worked a pair of fires Saturday afternoon and evening. The Coyote Fire, which was reported early Saturday afternoon, burned around 21 acres near Rice Canyon Road. There were no injuries...