Colusa County News

Gamaliel Alcantar Bautista, of the 200 block of Virginia Street in Williams, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at 10:20 p.m. Sunday on Spring Valley Road on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

A fire burning in steep Rumsey Canyon grew another 100 acres overnight, but full containment is expected later today.

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.

SK Foods, a vegetable grower and processor with plants in Kings and Colusa counties, was sold out of bankruptcy Thursday to Olam West Coast, a processor headquartered in New York.

A 9-foot, 3-inch sturgeon estimated at 425 pounds was caught by a California woman on the Willamette River in Oregon last week, showing again that on any given cast there, you might catch the fish of your life.

Northern California residents say they are in the fight of their life. The Transmission Agency of Northern California's proposal to build more than 600 miles of high-voltage transmission lines has residents fearing the worst: reduced property values, high power rates, interference with agriculture operations and negative impacts to the environment ...

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.

Skeletal remains found in California farm country appeared to match a former Kiski Valley woman last seen by her family 30 years ago.

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

A federal jury has convicted two people, including a woman from Lodi, of conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering in connection with an insurance scam, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

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.

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

The unemployment rate for Mendocino County has improved slightly with nearly 300 persons getting jobs between March and April this year.

More than 250 Colusa County high school seniors started a new chapter of their lives Friday that will take them on to bigger and better things.

Reporting from Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday readied a proposal to cut state worker salaries by an additional 5% as local government officials lambasted his bid to take $2 billion from cities and counties to help curb the state's growing budget deficit.

Staff photo by Susan Meeker Kathy Foster, left, of California Family Foods in Arbuckle explains rice milling, drying and storing to Berkeley educator Mary Alice Rathbun, Consul General Gao Zhansheng, wife Yanlai Wang and others during a tour Saturday.

Career-minded teens from five Colusa County high schools learned about life after high school May 8 at the Colusa County Fairgrounds.

A woman in rural Colusa County suffered minor injuries when she was tied up and robbed in her own house early Sunday morning, according to the Colusa County Sheriff's Department.