TO: Siskiyou County Board of Spervisors CC: Concerned Citizens, Et. Al. RE: Delay in Declaring Emergency due to serious adverse impacts stemming from actions of KRRC and the Klamath Dam Removal March 21, 2024 – Via Email – Open Letter – PublicGreetings Siskiyou County Board of […]
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TBT: Opening Day at Iron Gate 1962
cover image: Opening Day at Iron Gate, February 3, 1962(Source: PacifiCorp Archive, Iron Gate Development Neg IG-264). The final component of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project, both in terms of construction and, geographically, within the flow of water, is the Iron Gate project. Begun in 1960, it was completed and put […]
Bookings: SISQ Arrest Report: March 10th – 18th, 2024
The following Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department ARREST, BOOKINGS Report Contains:individuals who are innocent, until the State proves them guilty. Please respect their fundamental human and legal rights. Local law enforcement agencies in Siskiyou County have reported their recent arrest totals. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office led the way with 21 arrests […]
CalMatters: California spends more on schools with the neediest kids. Here’s how it’s succeeded, and failed.
By Carolyn Jonescover image: Siskiyou News Art A decade after California revolutionized the way it funds schools, nearly everyone agrees the initiative has done what it was meant to do: improved math and reading scores and brought more resources to students who struggle the most. And nearly everyone also agrees […]
California Insider: Illegal Immigrant Can Carry Guns: Federal Judge
By Zachary Stieber An illegal immigrant was wrongly banned from possessing guns, according to a recent ruling. A federal law, Section 922 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, bars illegal immigrants from carrying guns or ammunition. Prosecutors charged Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, the illegal alien, in 2020 after he was found […]
One nation under guns
In 2023 there were 340 school shootings, 656 mass shootings and 42,987-gun deaths in our country. The basic truth about guns is that more guns equal more gun deaths The American gun culture is the story of how the 2nd Amendment has been manipulated by a culture of acceptable gun […]
Weed PD’s Fight Against Illegal Drug Trade: 250lbs Seized
cover photo: officer located approximately 150 pounds of processed marijuana and $4,000 in currencyPhoto byWeed police Department **Weed, CA** – The Weed Police Department has been at the forefront of combating illegal drug activities within the city limits, demonstrating significant enforcement actions in recent weeks. The department’s relentless efforts to […]
Klamath River Dams – KRRC’s Sediment Plan – A Ticking Time Bomb?
cover image courtesy Bieke Lieckens – KRRC contractors dumping hundreds of tons of polluting sediments into Jenny Creek, which empties into the Klamath River. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) has been misinforming everyone! And when anything goes terribly wrong, they claim it’s ‘as planned’. The 15-million cubic yards of […]
Water Board steps in 3rd time to manage minimum flows in Scott River, tributaries
Sarah Schaefer’s voice carried over the feed from Sacramento like a distress signal. The state Water Resources Control Board was holding an all-day workshop before passing a third emergency drought regulation – “eregs” – for Scott and Shasta Rivers. “It affected the Karuk – suicide, diabetes, poverty. Eel and salmon […]
Names Released: Tragedy Strikes on Copco Road, Three Dead, Four Children Injured in Head-On Collision
Devastating head-on collision that occurred on December 29th, 2023 in Siskiyou County, CA, near Montague. cover photo: screen grab from a post made on Yreka News FB page by, Ross Dantas Yreka, California – A devastating head-on collision on Copco Road east of Salmon Street claimed the lives of three […]