Aug 31st, 2022It has been a month and a day since the start of the McKinney and Yeti fires. In that time, our interagency firefighting organization (with help from our amazing partners from Siskiyou County and all over the country) capably managed the complexity and scope of these challenging fires.There have also been a number […]
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Scott River Flow Correction at USGS Gage: a win for data accuracy
Aug 30Written By Theodora JohnsonFlows in the Scott River at the primary monitoring gage appeared to have doubled overnight last week. What happened? It certainly didn’t rain. The answer? The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finally recalibrated the flow gage. The gage was corrected on August 24th, after two months of no on-site field-checks by USGS. […]
Interested In Serving On The PSA 2 Area Agency On Aging Advisory Council
County of Siskiyou Laura Bynum, County Clerk-Registrar of Voters311 Fourth Street, Room 201Yreka, CA 96097Date: August 30, 2022The PSA 2 Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council is composed of four representatives from each of the five counties served. The Advisory Council works closely with the Area Agency on Aging staff and acts as the principal […]
29 Year Prison Sentence for Child Sexual Abuse
Photo By, SISKIYOU COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE County of Siskiyou Office of the District AttorneyJ. Kirk Andrus, District AttorneyAugust 25, 2022YREKA, CA – On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Edwin Ernesto Alfaro-Lopez, 36, of Yreka was sentenced to a total of 29 years in state prison for four charges documenting sexual abuse of 3 individual victims who […]
Defiance Of State Curtailment Ends After A Week
By Mike MeyerA Siskiyou County ReporterAfter ignoring the state's curtailment of Shasta River water diversions last week, a local irrigation group paid a steep price but achieved its goal, and then just as suddenly turned off its pumps and resumed curtailment on Wednesday."We did it to keep our cows alive. But we're off now, we're […]
College of the Siskiyous Announces the Final Candidates for Vice President of Academic Affairs
Weed / COS – The community is invited to attend the public forums and meet the final candidates for the position of Vice President of Academic Affairs at College of the Siskiyous. The public forums are one of the final steps in a lengthy selection process, and are open to students, faculty, staff and community […]
Scott Valley Farms combine in action harvesting wheat feeding America!
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Update From KNF Forest Supervisor 18th Aug
Good Morning,We’ve settled into a rhythm in the last few weeks in Siskiyou County – listening to the morning briefing from the McKinney Fire broadcast by Scott Valley News; keeping an eye on the Siskiyou OES Facebook page for updates on evacuation warnings and orders; and of course monitoring the Klamath National Forest and CAL […]
POW Remembrance Ride Though Siskiyou 29th & 30th of August 2022
By Sue Miller, I am a U.S. Army veteran and married to a retired U.S. Army Officer.(ONLY TWO 'host homes' are still needed in Northern California (Hornbrook on 29 August) & Grenada on 30 August); a room, a couch, a covered porch, a sponsored hotel/motel room, an RV/camper in your driveway or a soft & […]
Gary Whitehouse, Sr. passed away at his home surrounded by family
Siskiyou County lost one of its native sons and most colorful characters. On Sunday, August 7, 2022 Gary Whitehouse, Sr. passed away at his home surrounded by family. After a long struggle, he finally lost his battle with cancer. Gary’s greatest source of pleasure and pride came from his family and his cows- and not […]
