They provide hamburgers for all the Senior Lunches and for the shut-in’s. They look forward to it so much each year!
Alturas Lions BBQ for the Senior Center for their Father’s Day lunch

They provide hamburgers for all the Senior Lunches and for the shut-in’s. They look forward to it so much each year!
Surprise Valley’s downtown bustled with holiday cheer last Saturday during the annual Shop and Stroll, an event that transformed Main Street in Cedarville into a real-life Christmas Hallmark movie. Michelle Bartolo, along with her husband […]
By: Lawrence Rinder Surprise Valley Culture and Arts is excited to present Hunter Noack’s In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild. The concert, which is free to residents of Modoc County, will take place […]
Event partners and community members gather in the experimental yapa patch just over the Nevada border, the site of a long term study by Dr. James O’Connell of University of Utah. By Allayana Darrow, Lomakatsi […]
The event is set to take place June 9-15 in Bishop, CA By Elizabeth Younger MacKenzie Hughes, Molly Teuscher, and Jozie Hannah, all Modoc High School Rodeo participants have qualified for the 2024 California State […]
Junior Livestock Sale and BBQ took place last Friday. It was a night of fun, donations, and laughter. The highlight for many was the first annual auction of a lamb for the Frank Estill Scholarship […]
Surprise Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the availability of $1000 in scholarship money to be awarded to a current Surprise Valley resident or former Surprise Valley graduate who plans to attend a […]
Modoc County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted multiple emergency agencies in rescuing two individuals whose vehicle slid off the road on Cedar Pass late Friday night. According to authorities, the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office responded to the […]
As the nation marks Independence Day, a local program is highlighting a critical issue facing America: the foster care crisis. This July 4, the Modoc CASA Program is encouraging community members to attend a special […]
2024 Mt Bidwell Celebration 2nd place parade winner from Fort McDermitt NV Alice Crutcher, descendant of Chief Winnimucca and Copper Phoenix. Former boarding school elders name were attached to the float. This past weekend Parade […]
50-year-old Alturas resident, William Sainsbury, tragically lost his life on Sunday while trimming a tree on Williams Street in Lake City. Sainsbury was working from an elevated position when he fell while handling a chainsaw, […]
From left to right: Andrew Mueller, Clayton Oilar and Damond Goodwin of the Surprise Valley Service Club. Photo by Laurie Pearce Price. The Surprise Valley Service Club had the pleasure of serving Modoc’s cherished elders […]
As the graduation season unfolds, families across the nation are experiencing a range of emotions. For some, it’s the excitement of seeing their first child graduate, while for others, it’s another milestone with more children […]
By Shelby Danley An exciting new storefront is set to soft-open this week in the Cressler-Bonner building on Main Street in Cedarville, aiming to make clean, sustainable, and locally-made goods more easily accessible to the […]
Music enthusiasts in Surprise Valley and beyond are gearing up for an extraordinary musical event as Grammy-nominated ensemble Agave takes center stage at Marchy Barn. The free concert, titled “From Her Hands,” is scheduled for […]
Brennan is the son of Thomas and Tiffany Martinez from Lake City, CA. Brennan has been involved in the Surprise Valley FFA, Superior Region FFA, Associated Student Body Officer, and the Modoc County Junior Livestock […]
In a collaboration with Surprise Valley Chamber of Commerce, Surprise Valley FFA and Cedarville Volunteer Fire Department give Cedarville a red makeover The fire hydrants in Surprise Valley are getting a fresh, bright red makeover […]