Mother’s Day Outdoor Market & Nor-Cal Invitational Chainsaw Carving Championship,over 5000 spectators attended the two day event. Pro Division – 1st – Mark Colp 2nd – Constantine Morari 3rd – Jacob Lucas 4th – Jerod Flowers The 2024 Northern California Chainsaw Carving Championship has come to a close, with Mark Colp emerging as the champion […]
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Mount Shasta Schools in Crisis: Community Demands Board of Trustees Remove Superintendent Beall
Mount Shasta Community Unites to Protect the Community’s Access to Quality Education: Three Votes of No Confidence Demand MSUSD Board of Trustees Remove Superintendent Beall Mount Shasta [May 11, 2024]-With deep concern for the future of Mount Shasta Elementary and Sisson Schools, a coalition of 85 MSUSD parents, representing 101 […]
Yreka Miners President’s Cup Band Festival Trip
Yreka High School Band Represented Pacific Northwest at Presidents Cup Band Festival in Washington D.C. From April 15th to 21st, 2023, the Yreka High School Band had the incredible opportunity to perform at the prestigious Presidents Cup Band Festival in Washington D.C. The festival, which showcases talented high school bands […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invests $162 Million in Klamath Basin Restoration
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investing $162 million over five years to support ecosystem restoration and address critical water-related challenges in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. As part of this initiative, nearly $90 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds have already been allocated to […]
Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder in Siskiyou County Shooting
Yreka, CA – A Siskiyou County jury has found Timothy Chase McDonald, 26, guilty of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Spencer Hodgson, 31, in a case that dates back to April 2019. On April 8th, 2019, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible dead […]
Major Decision from FERC Still Pending on Iron Gate Dam Removal
Serious questions remain about the Klamath River Renewal Corporation’s (KRRC) schedule and overall plan for removal of Iron Gate Dam.Reprinted from KWUA’s newsletter By Moss DriscollDirector of Water PolicyKlamath Water Users Association On April 22, KRRC submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) its “optimal excavation schedule” and supporting […]
Nearly Half Million Salmon Fry Released into Klamath River as Dam Removal Stirs Controversy
On Tuesday, April 16, joined by leaders from the Karuk, Yurok, Shasta Indian Nation and the Quartz Valley Indian tribes, CDFW released about 90,000 yearling coho salmon. The following day, April 17, CDFW released more than 400,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry from the same location below Iron Gate. A total […]
Wildfire Season Is Almost Here! Can One State’s Problem Be Another State’s Solution?
By: Nonprofit Admin. Wild Horse Fire Brigade Nevada has a problem. They have too many herbivores grazing the landscape. Between the cattle, wild horses, deer and elk, the competition for grazing and water resources is tough. Livestock producers in Nevada have been effective at eliminating the predators that would normally […]
Kids Day Festival 2024
Kids Day Festival at Bel Air Park in Weed was the place to be for every Siskiyou County child and family. The park was filled with games, crafts, raffles, music, food, and shows all aimed for kids and it was all free. Steve Bryan with Siskiyou Family Community Resource Collaborative […]
Klamath Dams and Salmon Restoration – Truth vs. Fiction
Klamath River Renewal Corporation doubles-down on the tooth fairy. Recently, the public information officer at the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’), Ren Brownell and KRRC CEO Mark Bransom have disingenuously complained that articles citing the negative impacts of the Klamath Dam removal project under their organization, KRRC, are ‘not accurate’. And because Bransom and […]