Beckwourth News

One of the prettiest walks Thomas and I have taken in a while was a longer, flat hike June 21 along the Middle Fork of the Feather River as it flows next to Rocky Point Road.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 5/27/2009 Soroptimists, who seek the best for women, take the time each year to honor women who have excelled in some way or individuals who have given to the community.

Business : Business Scene 6/3/2009 HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WINE TOUR The Quincy History Club, currently with 18 youth members and 2 adult mentors, will host the first Historical Downtown Wine Tour on Friday, June 5, from 5-8 p.m. The tour will start at Sweet Lorraine's with youth discussing the history of the buildings along Main Street.

Linda Satchwell Staff Writer A solemn procession led slain U.S. soldier Jeremiah McCleery from the Reno, Nev., airport home to Portola.

From Black Mountain Lookout, the northern Sierra Nevada drops steeply to sweeping views of the Honey Lake basin in the north and the Last Chance Creek watershed in the south.

There's mountain man Jim Beckwourth, legendary lawman Bass Reeves and Henry O. Flipper, the first black graduate of West Point.

Interstate 80 is open with no chain controls. On U.S. 395, campers and trailers are not advised through Washoe Valley.

Controls are in effect on Interstate 80 over the Sierra as a major winter storm bears down on the region.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 1/28/2009 As of March 1, the Portola Fire Department will be Advance Life Support certified through the Northern California Emergency Medical Services Agency and offer advanced ...