Publication: Plumas County News

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Maidu upset about 2012 logging operations

Three hundred sixty-eight acres of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. land show evidence of last year’s emergency logging operations in the Humbug Valley. Allegations that the logging destroyed protected Mountain Maidu archeological sites have since put a rift ... [Published Plumas County News - May 21 2013]

Entities: PG&E Corporation, Paul Moreno, Mortar, Allegation, emergency

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Air quality presentation highlights watershed meeting

When a regulatory agency comes to town one can only hope it brings good news and that was the case when Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District Executive Director Gretchen Bennitt made a presentation at the Almanor Basin Watershed Advisory Committee ... [Published Plumas County News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Wildfires, Watershed, Pollutant, Forest Fires, Moonlight Fire

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Student Conservation Association

Pacific Crest Trail Association: the brains and brawn behind the PCT

Back in 1968, Congress passed the National Trails System Act and designated the Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail as the first two national scenic trails.The PCT Association’s Northern Sierra regional representative, Justin Kooyman, said the intent ... [Published Plumas County News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Student Conservation Association, Hugo Swire, Yosemite National Park, United States Forest Service

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

California Department of Water Resources

Water to become a standing agenda item

With the Department of Water Resources renegotiating with its 27 state water contractors, the topic will be included routinely on the Board of Supervisors agenda.The Plumas County Flood Control District is one of the water contractors.“We as a flood control ... [Published Plumas County News - May 18 2013]

Entities: California Department of Water Resources, Bob Perreault, State Water, Flood Control

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Neighbors want private property cleaned up

A Chilcoot man said he shot 14 pack rats because of a neighbor’s trash-heaped property, and offered to clean up the mess himself if the county would provide a Dumpster.But he probably won’t have to do that.Building Official John Cunningham appeared before ... [Published Plumas County News - May 17 2013]

Entities: John Cunningham, Personal Property, Property, Jon Kennedy

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

PG&E Corporation

Two former Lassen County residents murdered in Fernley

The murder of five people in Fernley and Mustang Nevada Monday, May 13 touches Lassen County.Two of the victims are former Lassen County residents — Les Leiber, 69, the former general manager of the Lassen Municipal Utility District and Angie Duff, 67. ... [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Lyon (France), Robert Pape, PG&E Corporation, Homicide

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Publishing

Principal resigns and relocates

Scott Cory discusses his reasons for resigning as Chester High School principal. Photo by Samantha P. HawthorneSamantha P. HawthorneAfter a 14-year stint as principal to both Chester Elementary School and Chester High School, beloved principal Scott Cory ... [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Resignation, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, Principal (education), Publishing, Deadline

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Greenville logger transforms biomass into bundles of firewood

Plumas National Forest Supervisor Earl Ford leans against bundles of wood culled from biomass. It’s part of Greenville logger Randy Pew’s plan to build a new business with his son, Jared, while ridding the forest of biomass and providing a merchantable ... [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Moonlight Fire, Entrepreneurial Spirit, prototypes

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Probation department admits to shortcomings

By its own admission, the county’s probation department isn’t doing a good job with high-risk offenders.The poor success rate could end up costing the county money, in the form of fewer dollars from the state’s inmate realignment fund.The county’s community ... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Probation, David Hollister, Probation Officer, Democratic Republic of the Congo

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

From treed cats to injured people, Quincy Fire responds

Measure A will help the volunteers continue their workIn the space of 15 minutes, three calls came into the Quincy Fire Department — a fire pit complaint, a request for medical aid and a cat up a tree — yes, fire departments really do get calls about ... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Feather River College, John Gay, first responders, Landholder, International Organization for Standardization

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Timber salvage continues in Chips Fire area

The Chips Fire “burned” more than 75,000 acres of land in a little over a month last summer. The number of acres burned is misleading, however, as the terrain encompassed within the Chips Fire boundaries experienced varying degrees of burn severity.Just ... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Mike Donald, Chipmunk, treatments, PG&E Corporation

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

County fair right on track

Feather Publishing encourages civil discussion on news stories that are important to our community. We do ask that commenters follow certain rules of conduct. Keep your comments on the topic at hand. Threats, insults, lies, and inappropriate language ... [Published Plumas County News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Deadline, Threat, Publishing

Quotes

"The horror and the unplanned loss of loved ones to a senseless crime, and that's the only way I can describe it is senseless, taking the lives of five people for a motive that's yet to determined,” Veil said."

Two former Lassen County residents murdered in Fernley [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]

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Maidu upset about 2012 logging operations [Published Plumas County News - May 21 2013]
Air quality presentation highlights watershed m... [Published Plumas County News - May 20 2013]
Pacific Crest Trail Association: the brains and... [Published Plumas County News - May 19 2013]
Water to become a standing agenda item [Published Plumas County News - May 18 2013]
Neighbors want private property cleaned up [Published Plumas County News - May 17 2013]
Two former Lassen County residents murdered in ... [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]
Greenville logger transforms biomass into bundl... [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]
Principal resigns and relocates [Published Plumas County News - May 16 2013]
Residents ask electric company to spare Chandle... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
School district and Plumas Charter will continu... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
Students perform first musical in years [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
Youth softball returns for another season [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
Probation department admits to shortcomings [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
From treed cats to injured people, Quincy Fire ... [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
Timber salvage continues in Chips Fire area [Published Plumas County News - May 09 2013]
Plumas Bank first-quarter bank earnings increase [Published Plumas County News - May 08 2013]
Audubon speaker discusses shorebird ecology and... [Published Plumas County News - May 07 2013]
Firefighters gain the upper hand on the Panther... [Published Plumas County News - May 06 2013]
SB 646 and the little EPHC that could [Published Plumas County News - May 05 2013]
11th annual jazz concert a success [Published Plumas County News - May 04 2013]
6,400 acre Panther Fire burns out of control in... [Published Plumas County News - May 03 2013]
Lengthy process to relicense; Bucks hydro gets ... [Published Plumas County News - May 03 2013]
Hunter safety class offered May 7 in Greenville [Published Plumas County News - May 03 2013]
QLG asks Park Service to transfer $10 million t... [Published Plumas County News - May 02 2013]
Three amphibians and their habitat proposed for... [Published Plumas County News - May 02 2013]
Community suppers satisfy the needs of both b... [Published Plumas County News - May 02 2013]
Father-son show highlights nature photography [Published Plumas County News - May 02 2013]
Quincy Fire Department busy with second fire [Published Plumas County News - May 02 2013]
Fire at Sierra Pacific Industries' mill in Quin... [Published Plumas County News - May 01 2013]
Portola offers city manager job to Ian Kaiser [Published Plumas County News - May 01 2013]