Interim Police Chief Becomes City’s New Public Safety Officer

Susanville’s Interim Police chief, Michael Bengoa-Bollinger, has become the city’s new Public Safety Chief. Bollinger stepped into the role as the temporary Chief of Police following Ryan Cochran's retirement in November. The city, upon losing both its fire and police chief, made the unanimous decision... Read More.

Lassen Supervisors Face Challenges Over Homekey Housing Project

During Tuesday meeting, Supervisor Tom Neely of District 3 clarified his stance on the Homekey project, a collaboration with Behavioral Health and ColWest Investments at 506 Hospital Lane. He emphasizes that last summer's grant funding approval request was intended solely for the grant application,... Read More.

SR 70 Drivers- Stark Warning if Traveling thru the Canyon

As the long holiday weekend arrives, here are your Hwy 70 updates: the state route is currently open from the Greenville Wye to Jarbo Gap. Caltrans - District 2 has one-way traffic control in place at multiple locations to get you through. Yet officials offer... Read More.

Supervisors Appoint New Sheriff to Lassen County

Lassen County Welcomes a new Sheriff-Coroner, John Mc Garva, former Jail Commander for the Lassen County Sheriff's Office. The announcement to include Supervisor Gallagher in the discussions took a week to be made after the closed-session interviews. The hallways of the Board chambers were filled with... Read More.

SR70 Slope Failure Brings More Delays thru the Canyon

More trouble in the canyon. Further down SR 70, another slip of the roadway has caused more delays for drivers, with more one-way traffic controls. Just 11 miles below the Cresta rock slide, the slope of the highway failed, dipping the roadway in at least... Read More.