Friday, April 18, 2025

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Susanville Little League T-Ball

By Terra Avilla The smell of the dew on the grass, the cool brisk air, and the sight of the powder from my daughter’s early morning donuts wafting through my car. That is what encompassed my senses last weekend as the Avilla family began their...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Rachelle and Jon Barker from Sierra Tan

By Terra Avilla You know that feeling when you just meet someone, and you can tell that they are good-hearted people and it feels like you have known them a lot longer than you have? It’s like your intuition is telling you to gravitate toward...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Gary Felt

By Terra Avilla Oh Gary Felt. There is just something about him that you can’t help but adore. With a lot of people, I can remember the exact moment I met them. But with our dear sweet Chamber President, I just remember knowing him. Whether through...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Susanville Soroptimist International

By Terra Avilla The Susanville Police Department Explorer Program is hosting a girl’s leadership conference in April and the reactions from the community have been overwhelming. When I tell people that I modeled the camp and the idea after one of the groups that I love...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Child and Family Services

By Terra Avilla March is Social Worker Appreciation Month. If I was a betting woman, I would bet that most of you would go through the entire month of March and never hear the words ‘social worker appreciation.’ Why? Most of us never have an interaction...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Kelly Bigard at Port of Subs

  By Terra Avilla Not very often do I get to feel like I am part of the clique in Susanville that ‘remembers when.’  This week, I can honestly say that I do remember when ‘Kelly at Port Subs’ was ‘Kelly at Subway’. Lil’ Ms Kelly Bigard...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Kopper Kettle

By Terra Avilla Oh my sweet, sweet husband. You know what my husband loves? God, his family, baseball and eating at Kopper Kettle. No joke, when we first started dating, one of our very first dates was at ‘The Kopper’ as my husband so fondly...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Correctional Officers

By Terra Avilla This week I was reflecting about some of the components which make our county so unique. The most obvious answer is often so underappreciated or overlooked, and I was kind of embarrassed I haven’t written about it yet - our Correctional Officers. They...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Christi Myers

By Terra Avilla I don’t know how I was so lucky to stumble into a friendship with Christi Myers, but every time I see her, and hear about the great things she does for our community, I am quickly reminded of how blessed I am...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Local Law Enforcement Support

By Terra Avilla This week’s article has legitimately taken me four days to write. As I would begin writing, I would start crying, compose myself, start writing, and the process would begin all over again. I don’t know why it was so difficult when really,...

Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Banner Lassen Labor and Delivery

By Terra Avilla I had a great week you guys. My oldest Lisa sister gave birth to my niece. A beautiful, chubby, rolley-polley little girl. Lisa delivered her second daughter at Saint Mary’s in Reno, the hospital where she was born, I was born, our...
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Job Announcement: Diamond Mountain Mini Mart: Cashier/Center Island Attendant II

Diamond Mountain Mini Mart: Cashier/Center Island Attendant II Position: Cashier/Center Island Attendant IIDate of Announcement: April 18, 2025Closing date: May 2, 2025Hours: 40 hours per...

Beverly Sue (Perkins) Kauffman – March 31, 2025

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Susanville’s 98th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Starts at 9:00 Saturday at the Fairgrounds

The 98th annual Susanville Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held tomorrow, April 19th, at the Lassen County Fairgrounds! Kids from Susanville and the...

Lassen Youth Soccer Announces Two Scholarships for Soccer-Playing Graduates

Lassen Youth Soccer has announced two $500 scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors who have participated in Lassen Youth Soccer. Deadline to submit...