Colusa News

It can happen anywhere and it will happen again. On April 20, 1999, 12 students and one teacher were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in the nation's deadliest school shooting.

A woman who went searching for her husband Monday night when he failed to return home from working in an almond orchard near Artois discovered his body pinned beneath a tractor wheel.

A helicopter drops water on a hot spot in Rumsey Canyon near the Yolo-Colusa county line Tuesday.

A pledge that new college buildings won't close preceded the Colusa County supervisors approval Tuesday to provide $600,000 toward developing the first permanent college facility in the county.

Applicants sought for planning board The city of Colusa is accepting applications for the Planning Commission, which serves in an advisory capacity to the City Council.

Jessica Silveira of Orland was selected as the 2009-10 Dairy Princess for the California Milk Advisory Board's District 4/2. The crowning took place before a crowd of about 50 dairy industry members, their families and friends, June 18, at City Gates Cafe in Orland.

SK Foods, the beleaguered tomato processing company with a plant in Williams, was sold Friday to an international company that distributes agricultural products.

Danny Yanez, 21, of Rohnert Park, was arrested by the Williams Police Department at 6:19 p.m. June 21 at Eighth Street, south of D Street, Williams, on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant.

Colusa County residents won't have far to go to celebrate America's independence this year.

Kelley Elizabeth and Ernie Ceccon plan to wed Oct. 23. The bride is the daughter of Junior and Cindy Garza, both of Colusa.

The Colusa Mosquito Abatement District is back in business. District officials leaned Friday that the cease-and-desist order effective June 6 has been lifted.

Getting ready to board the bus is Scott Sherman, Tehama County Clerk-Recorder Bev Ross, Mary Lee Grimes, and Deputy Clerk Tina Robinson.

The gates at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam are set to be lowered at midnight Monday, filling Lake Red Bluff by later that afternoon.

Late last year, the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians sent the state $535,000 as a down payment on $1.8 million in licensing fees for 428 slot machines it wanted to add to its San Diego County casino.

By Saturday afternoon, Colusa County livestock buyers had contributed to college funds, dreams of automobile ownership, summer vacations, iPhones and an assortment of other gadgets.

Jonathan Pelot Watson, 23, of Florida was arrested by the Colusa County Sheriff's Office at 8:58 p.m. June 7 at Highway 45 at Princeton Ferry Road on suspicion of possession of a bad check or money order.

The Colusa County Fair opened Thursday with loads of cotton candy, live sharks, livestock exhibits, beauty queens and carnival rides.

Kittle's Outdoor & Sport Co. is raffling three more rifles and shotguns to raise money for a good cause.

The Miss Colusa County pageant dominated Thursday's opening of the Colusa County Fair with its usual mix of entertainment and glamour.

The public comment period has been extended two months for a proposed transmission line project that could cross Colusa, Glenn and Tehama counties.