Seasonal restrictions on outdoor use of fire and firewood cutting begin Wednesday, August 1st, on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Lassen and Modoc National Forests in northeast California and far northwest Nevada. The restrictions apply to all forest lands and...

Susanville Police Chief Tom Downing announced Friday the promotion of long-time Susanville Police Officer Matthew Wood to the position of Police Lieutenant. Wood fills the second in command vacancy created when Downing was named Chief by the City Council earlier this year. According to Chief Downing, Lt....

The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office has released details of the July 18th incident which sent three to the hospital, one with a gunshot wound. According to Captain Matthew McFarland of the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 5:30a.m. members of the Sheriff’s Office, California Highway...

This year's Miss Lassen County and court were crowned at the pageant Wednesday evening.  2nd Runner Up and Princess - Hannah Fortin 1st Runner Up and Ambassadress of Susanville - Madisyn Harlan 2012 Miss Lassen County - Charlene Petersen Check out our huge gallery of photos from the pageant...

A SusanvilleStuff Feature by Melissa Bosser, Assistant Editor Monday had already been a long, hot and grueling afternoon for emergency responders when Country Villa Riverview notified the Lassen County Department of Public Health that smoke from the brush fire burning just south of the rehabilitation center was entering the building. The CVR skilled-nursing complex provides care...

The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office is releasing details of Friday's Highway 139 pursuit, which ended in the death of a Yuba City man just north of Susanville. According to Sheriff Dean Growdon the Sheriff's Office received a request for assistance from the California Highway Patrol related...

Updated 07/09/12 4:43p.m. Lassen Municipal Utility District's Energy Services Specialist Theresa Phillips confirms that at this time power has been restored to customers who experienced a fire related outage this afternoon. Emergency fire crews from multiple agencies are responding to a brush fire just south of...

A SusanvilleStuff Feature by Melissa Blosser, Assistant Editor Ralph Sanders is certainly worthy of the title Grand Marshal serving as an active and committed citizen to the Lassen County community in several capacities. “I just think we should all try to help others to make the entire community better...

by Char Petersen With recent weather promising a warm, sunny 4th of July, camping, barbecues, picnics, and fireworks fun can only be expected.  This year however, because of our extremely dry winter, extra precautions should be taken to make this Independence Day a safe and memorable...

The Lassen County Chamber of Commerce's big Main Street Cruise in Historic Uptown Susanville was a huge success, with classic cars and motorcycles from all over the west coast travelling to Susanville to show off. The chamber offers prizes for vehicles in a wide variety...

The Lassen Municipal Utility District Board of Directors is considering a project to install automated meters and they are looking for input from their customers. The automated meter integration project, or AMI, coupled with a two-way automated communications system, uses LMUD’s existing power lines to...