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CalTrans comes to Greenville

6/9/2010

Alicia Knadler

Indian Valley Editor

Those interested in the future of the highway through Greenville are encouraged to attend a public open house Thursday, June 10, 2010.

On display, from 4-6 p.m., will be plans for a $4.5 million project to improve many facets of the Highway 89 corridor through town, including drainage, sidewalks and handicap access.

6/9/2010

Diana Jorgenson

Portola Editor

A crowd gathered under an overcast sky June 3 to witness the renaming of Portola's post office as the Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office in honor of the young man's death May 2, 2009, at a combat outpost in Hamman Alil, Iraq. McCleery was a 2004 graduate of Portola High School.

6/8/2010

All Plumas County newspapers will be going to press late Tuesday night so that an election story will be available on the front page of the printed newspapers and available at newsstands in each Plumas County community by early Wednesday morning.

Plumas County election results will also be posted here Tuesday evening as the Plumas County Clerk makes them available after the polls close, with a link provided below.

Plumas County residents will be interested in the following races:

Plumas County Sheriff

Plumas County Assessor

County Supervisor District 5

6/7/2010

Susanville & Chester, CA - The Lassen National Forest's Almanor Ranger District is planning on implementing a prescribed burn in the Betty Sue project area. The project's south end is located three miles north of Westwood and extends three miles north, directly west of Highway A-21. Up to 650 acres could be burned over the course of several days. Ignition could start as early as June 9th. Watch for smoke on A-21 as well as Highway 36 in the vicinity of Westwood.

Indian Valley Health Care District directors will discuss retaining a specifically named attorney to counsel them in the process of a surplus declaration and sale of the hospital buildingand adjoining property.