Modoc County Sheriff’s Department Arrests 11 in Marijuana Bust

Throughout this week, from Monday the 15th to Saturday the 19th, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be conducting a series of deer population studies in the x3b area. Within these studies we […]

Red flag warnings and scattered thunderstorms prompted a temporary increase in staff and resources in the Modoc National Forests over this past weekend. Multiple agencies from all over the country were brought in to assist […]

Strong Family Health Center hosted the 2024 “Voices of the River” Native Youth Summit. The theme for this year’s summit was “Culture is Prevention”. The event was held at Strong Family Health Center where the […]

Milton Patrick “Yogi” McGarva Justice prevailed for Milton “Yogi” McGarva, a tribal citizen of Pit River, who was stabbed to death in March of 2020. California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced the sentencing of […]

Multiple power outages affected the Alturas area last week, one of which had more than 2,200 customers without power throughout the county, according to Pacific Power’s outage map on Friday morning. Fortunately the outages only […]

By Suzi Johnson California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have issued an Algal mat alert for Turner Creek ~0.6mi above Pit River near or on the Modoc National […]

Photo by Daree Grier The BLM Northern California District, with support from U.S. Forest Service and CalFire crews responded to a fire in Likely, Ca on Sunday July 7th. The fire originally started off Highway […]

A new fire broke out in Modoc this week, which fortunately was seen from a look out and crews were dispatched quickly. The Pencil Fire was reported at around 2:11 p.m. on Monday the 23rd […]

The Clear Fire has reached 100% containment, with fire crews continuing mop-up operations in the coming days, according to the latest update from Modoc National Forest officials. This will be the final report unless significant […]

By Shelby Danley Recently there has been some concern amongst Modocers regarding homeowners insurance policies, particularly with Nationwide. According to one community member, “Many people have received notices from Nationwide telling them to fix issues […]

Our Lady Braves won first playoff game against Trinity 11-2 on Tuesday  Aubrey Knighton making the tag at 3rd base Machanta Morris hitting the ball Show up and support the Lady Braves on Thursday the […]

By Harry Boulade In 2006, after an illustrious career spanning a little over four decades in Modoc County government, long-time resident and past Modoc County Clerk Maxine Madison decided to call it quits and retire […]

Memorial Day is more than just a long weekend or the unofficial start of summer; it is a day of profound significance and rich traditions. Understanding the importance of Memorial Day and the ways we […]