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Pagers, beds and phones: Latest Lebanon attack in Israels history of bold covert ops

Wednesday, October 2

(LONDON) -- The unassuming pager took its place in the annals of Israeli covert operations history in September, when thousands of the credit card-sized devices served as tiny Trojan horses for explosive charges as they were held by likely Hezbollah operatives.The pager detonations in...

SR70 Remains Closed, but Scaling Ops Begin

Monday, February 13

With favorable weather, scaling operations began on the SR70 slides that have had the highway closed to through traffic since January. Work started this weekend at the slide just outside of Belden to break up large boulders on the top of the slide. The...

HWY 89 Lane Re-Opens; 70 Remains Closed, Scaling Ops Planned

Wednesday, February 8

You can shave a few extra minutes off your commute into Greenville and Quincy; both lanes of Highway 89 have reopened to traffic. Caltrans contract crews have been reconstructing the hillside near the hwy 147 junction, south of Canyon Dam, since January when rain...

Smoke Visible in Butterfly Valley from Pile Burning Ops

Wednesday, February 16

You will see smoke as you pass through the Butterfly Valley area. The smoke is coming from a pile burning project by the Plumas National Forest in the Mt. Hough Ranger District. The operations will continue through the rest of this week. Smoke may...