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 […]
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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 & […]
Etna Hosts Yreka, Mount Shasta, And Trinity For A Football Scrimmage
Was so nice to see life returning to normal. The event packed the stands and the burgers were flying out of the snack shack. This is going to be a action packed football season with lots of passing and feet shuffling the ball down the field. It was interesting to watch the teams rotating out […]
Thanks To A Great Group Of People In Jackson County and Siskiyou County We Made It.
2022 Siskiyou Golden Fair Junior Livestock Results**Auction Results to follow**YREKA – The Siskiyou Golden Fair Junior Livestock Show and Sale @ The Jackson County Expo was held Friday August 12 through Sunday August 14 in Central Point, Oregon due to the McKinney Fire creating a State of Emergency in Siskiyou County. The winners are listed […]
Eight new fires have been reported since the lightning that occurred over the #KlamathNF
Eight new fires have been reported since the lightning that occurred over the #KlamathNF today, all of which are on the west side of the Forest.Four fires are on the Scott River side of the Salmon/Scott Ranger District: the Box Fire near Paradise Lake is .25 acres; the Townsend Fire is .1 acre near Townsend’s […]
#McKinneyFire Law Town Hall Meeting
The McKinney Fire lawyers from Robins Cloud LLP are holding a Town Hall Meeting at the Best Western Miner’s Inn, on Friday, August 19th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Yreka.Come learn about the investigation into Pacific Power’s role in causing this devastating fire and what could have been done to prevent it. Get free help, […]
Horror in Paradise
By Mike GrifantiniThe warm, strong trade winds welcomed Paul at the Kahului Airport as he stepped from the plane. He deftly pulled his suitcase on its rollers, knowing the route to the shuttle that would take him to the resort where he always stayed.The ride was beautiful, as always: the greenery along the roads, the […]
Little Humbug Creek After The Monster Storm
By now most of Siskiyou is aware of the 20 mile stretch of Klamath River were the fish were suffocated by mud! If not please read: https://www.siskiyou.news/post/fish-killed-dissolved-oxygen-levels-dropping-to-zero-on-the-nights-of-august-3-and-4 I meet up with, Terry Smith ~right sideGlenn Njaa ~ left sideTerry and Glenn work for Siskiyou County Road Department. They were doing damage assessment on the culverts […]
A Morning With The Siskiyou Air Force
Did you know that Siskiyou County has an Air Force? Well it does out at Siskiyou airport just outside of Montague. It is a very impressive display of firefighting aircraft that has been deployed to combat the #McKinneyFireFueling up, this helicopter's mission is very critical. It is the command center in the sky. It carries […]
6th Aug 2022 Column from Rachel Smith, Forest Supervisor, Klamath National Forest
Yesterday marked a week since the McKinney took off. We’ve experienced some heartbreaking losses – four lives lost, 87 residences reported as destroyed so far (the assessment is only about halfway done), and an uncountable impact to our remarkable National Forest and private property. But, we are gaining ground. As of this morning’s briefing, our […]
