Sierra County News

Nearly a dozen world-class Congolese performing artists will be traveling to Pike from Paris, France, New York and the San Francisco Bay area to teach a 10-day workshop that includes Congolese dance, drumming ...

Sierra County's sheriff's office received a report of an accidental shooting death June 29, in the area of Pauley Creek, a forested area in northwestern Sierra County.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has certified the June, 2008 Primary Election Returns and has issued a 67 page report that shows the percentage of registered voters who turned out was the lowest in ...

Sierra County Sheriff John Evans says the autopsy for a Truckee pilot and ski instructor was finished Thursday.

The three major fire complexes in Northern California that have fouled Nevada County's air for two weeks have cost almost $28 million to suppress and the meter is still running.

The body pulled from an airplane crash site more than one mile east of the Sierraville Dearwater Airport has been identified as Clay Beck, a Truckee father and coach of Olympic athletes.

The airplane of Clayton Beck, an experienced Truckee-area pilot whose plane went missing last week, has been found in a heavily wooded area in Sierra County, officials said.

The decomposing body of a man who apparently killed himself was found today behind Gold Ranch Casino in Verdi, a Sierra County officer said.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Office has reported the plane belonging to Clayton Beck, the Truckee pilot who went missing Thursday afternoon, was found Saturday.

Southwest winds could blow wildfire smoke out of Nevada County for the Independence Day weekend, and the National Weather Service in Sacramento is predicting clear skies for the federal holiday here.

The regular price of the one-day pass is $60 for the general public. For a two-day pass, locals can get it for $90 rather than the standard $145 fee.

A Plumas County man died Saturday in an accidental shooting at a remote campsite in a forested area of Sierra County, Sheriff John I. Evans said.

Ed Lamas from Los Angeles County reviews maps created with the help of Bob Schober of Alaska who recently walked around the perimeter of the 25 Fire burning in Sierra County.

CalFire commanders look at maps Friday as a fire continues to crawl along the forest floor near Magalia.

Progress was the word Thursday as firefighters held the 2,680-acre Yuba River Complex of fires in Nevada and Sierra counties, according Tahoe National Forest officials.

Wildfires raging in California - 1,026 as of Wednesday - have stirred competition for resources to battle the blazes choking Nevada County, and a local fire official said an air inversion layer will have to ...

Outdoor physical activity should be avoided through Thursday in Nevada County as the air quality alert continues with smoke from area fires and high ozone levels causing the worst air readings here in 15 years.

BY Pat Butler , Staff Writer Dave Moller , Senior Staff Writer and the Associated Press ENLARGE A fire started by a lightning storm that passed through Nevada County on Saturday rages outside the town of ...

For nearly 50 years, the Truckee Tahoe Airport has been an important player in the local economy.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor The lawsuit by developer John Gullixson and the Sierra Valley Development Company against the County of Sierra and ranchers David and Kathleen Goichoechea continued when Gullixson ...