BLM Announces Fire Restrictions

BLM announces fire restrictions for NE California, NW Nevada public lands SUSANVILLE, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management will implement restrictions on outdoor use of fire on public lands managed by the Eagle Lake and Applegate field offices in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra, Shasta and Siskiyou... Read More.

Susanville Fire Department Promotion

PRESS RELEASE June 29, 2021 Fire Captain Promotion Recently the Susanville Fire Department conducted an internal recruitment for the position of Fire Captain. I would like to announce that Fire Apparatus Engineer Kalvn McFarland has been selected as the successful candidate for Fire Captain. Kalvn started his career with... Read More.

SkyFire update

Lassen National Forest Our updated mapping has revealed the #SkyFire is currently at 76 acres and not 48 acres as previously reported. Containment remains at 30%. The Firefighters spent the day improving and strengthening control lines to prevent fire growth due to the fuels and terrain.... Read More.

LMUD Scam Alert

Our customer service department has received several calls from customers reporting unknown callers posing as LMUD employees, demanding payment and threating disconnection. LMUD never demands immediate payment and we will never ask for your credit card information over the phone. We will always direct... Read More.

Lassen County Sheriff named President of California State Sheriff’s Association

28, 2021 916-375-8000 CALIFORNIA STATE SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS FOR 2021-2022 On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, the California State Sheriffs’ Association (CSSA) held its 127th Annual Conference Installation Banquet in Butte County. CSSA was honored to have California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Senator Brian Dahle swear in... Read More.

WINNER!

We have our winner, Sandy Holden from Westwood, the winner of vacation number 3 in our First Annual Vacation Getaway - a Princess Cruise to Cabo San Lucas!  Sandy and her guest will fly from Reno to L.A. to board the beautiful Grand Princess... Read More.

Lighting causes fires

06-23-2021 June Lighting Susanville area received lighting at approx. 1700 Hours on June 23, 2021 resulting in multiple lighting fires in the area. CAL FIRE resources are currently working on 10 confirmed fires on State Protection area. The largest fire Incident 1-4 near Devil’s Corral,... Read More.

Fatality on US 395

On June 22, 2021 at approximately 1207 hours CHP Dispatch notified CHP units of a collision involving multiple vehicles on US 395 north of Flux Road. Traffic was stopped due to a prior collision within the vicinity. Upon arrival, CHP Officer Pratt, ID 18094,... Read More.

LMUD & Plumas County Power Outage

LMUD is experiencing a system-wide outage. All customers are without power. According to the utility the outage is being caused by the sudden failure of PG&E’s Caribou transmission line. “Unfortunately,” explains LMUD spokesperson Theresa Phillips, “this also caused Honey Lake Power to go offline and at... Read More.