Fire crews from CalFire, Susan River and other local agencies are responding to a vegetation fire near Devil’s Corral and Gomez, west of Susanville. Crews are staging at the junction of Hwy 36 and 44 and according to scanner traffic access to the fire is...

CBS Television has announced the 16 new castaways for the upcoming season of the reality show Survivor. Along with the new cast are hints of the return of Ben Wade to the show. This season the cast heads to the South Pacific where, according to...

Lassen Municipal Utility District will hold a public hearing on August 23rd to solicit comments on the General Manager’s Report regarding establishment of a net surplus electricity compensation valuation. The hearing will be held at 5:30p.m. in the LMUD boardroom, 65 S. Roop Street, and...

The Bureau of Land Management today issued a decision to remove excess wild horses from the High Rock Complex of herd management areas on public lands managed by the BLM Surprise Field Office in Cedarville. “The current population of wild horses in four of these...

The Susanville City Council will meet in regular session Wednesday, August 17th, in council chambers at 66 North Lassen. Closed session begins at 6:00p.m. with open session to follow at 7:00. To download the complete agenda packet follow this link. Visit the city's website at cityofsusanville.org.  

Jim Ferando, Banner Health Western Region president, has named Bob Edwards as the new chief executive officer for Banner Lassen Medical Center. Edwards has served since January 2008 as the CEO of Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala, Neb., another Banner Health facility. He will...

Lassen County has launched a new program to help county residents deal with the high cost of prescription medications. Through a partnership with the National Association of Counties, the free Prescription Discount Card program provides area residents with a card that offers an average...

District 1 Senator Ted Gaines will be in town Monday, August 8th, for a ‘meet and greet’ sponsored by the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce. The senator is looking to discuss unique local issues that affect us here in Lassen County. The talks are part of...

Firefighters from several agencies responded Saturday afternoon to a small vegetation fire behind the Elk's Lodge at the top of Main Street. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze, which was visible from most of town.

You might notice smoke drifting our direction over the next few days as Lassen National Forest implements prescribed burning on the Eagle Lake Ranger District. Smoke from the 145-acre burn, on the lower west side of Crater Mountain, will be visible from Highway 44. The...

  Aimee McCoy   Alesha Lindsey   Bailey Hagata   Carly Gage   Cassie Levy   Celeste Godinez   Kaitlyn Downing   Samantha Huskey   The Miss Lassen County Scholarship Pageant begins at 8:00 this evening in the grandstands at the fairgrounds.Admission for tonight's pageant is $10 per adult and $6 for children under 12. Follow this link to purchase tickets...