Siskiyou County News

Klamath River eNews - July 21st, 2008 News: * PACIFICORP WITHDRAWS WATER QUALITY PERMIT APPLICATION FOR KLAMATH DAMS* 2,500 GALLON RAW SEWAGE SPILL IN YREKA CREEK* OREGON BACKS RESTORING SALMON TO UPPER KLAMATH ...

A group of PacifiCorp's California customers has requested that the California Public Utilities Commission review the company's spending on Klamath River Dams.

Police have arrested the ex-girlfriend of Travis Alexander, a well-known motivational speaker and businessman, in connection with his murder in June at his upscale east Mesa home.

Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:00 a.m. Current Situation: Over fourteen hundred fires have been contained due to the endless efforts of firefighters from California, as well as from throughout the nation.

Eastern Del Norte County is on fire. And so far, the flames are mostly being tended rather than fought.

We had celebrated the seasonal holidays, the equinoxes and the solstices, from the time we started the Black Bear Ranch Commune in 1968.

A small fire believed to be human-caused started Wednesday afternoon on the south fork of the Smith River in the Craigs Creek area, but crews responded and quickly extinguished it, forest officials said.

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With about 1,000 separate fires burning in Northern California, dozens of airports and hundreds of miles of airspace have been affected.

Forest Service officials this weekend moved most of the firefighters away from a blaze in southeastern Del Norte County and toward the region's more threatening fires.

Wildfires - as of 9:00pm last night - Total Fires: 1,345 Acres Burned: 333,858 - State, local and federal firefighters continue to battle hundreds of wildfires throughout California.

More local resources and crews will be available to respond to any new fires that could spark during a second round of thunderstorms forecast for this weekend after Forest Service officials on Wednesday ...

Two missing hikers made their own way off Mount Shasta, showing up hungry and tired in a town more than 10 miles from the mountaintop and two days after making a 911 call for help, authorities said.

Firefighters from Rio Vista and Travis Air Force Base douse hotspots near Green Valley, West of Fairfield, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008.

Authorities are searching for two missing hikers on Mount Shasta. A U.S. Forest Service spokesman says Patricia Giamoni called 911 Saturday night to say she was in trouble.

With summer officially beginning Thursday, a dry spring has led to concerns over water supply levels in Siskiyou County.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples are getting married in California. In Siskiyou County, the Clerk's office opened it's doors at 8am Tuesday.

Two northern California teenagers are dead following a single-car accident near Hornbrook.

A 35-year-old convicted sex offender has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a Yreka woman's home about 5 a.m. Thursday, attempting to rape her and then stabbing her when she fought back.

Judging from her May 14 letter to the Triplicate, Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong has completely lost her moral compass as she navigates a losing effort to block the removal of the lower four ...