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Published September 24Lassen Fire Safe Council – Request for proposals from qualified mastication operators
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Published September 24PRS promotes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Plumas Rural Services announces a full month of community activities to acknowledge October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The annual Purple Light Campaign will light up the community in purple throughout October as a show of solidarity and support for survivors…
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Published September 24College hatchery hosts fishing fundraiser
Feather River College announces its annual fish hatchery fundraiser Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to come catch the college’s fish and help raise funds for the hatchery. The event costs $10 to participate in, with all proceeds benefiting the trout hatchery…
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Published September 24Elks work to clean Lake Almanor highway
The Lake Almanor Elks Lodge No. 2626 reports that the Road Warriors, a group of Elks members, recently walked the group’s Adopt-A-Highway route to pick up trash. Jeremy and Jamie Stocks, Bill Mahaffey, Dave Wertanen, and Kathy and Bud Wasson collected 15 bags of trash along the…
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Published September 24Planning commissioners grapple with cannabis proposal
A proposal to allow retail sales of cannabis sparked a robust discussion Sept. 17 as the Plumas County Planning Commission began honing a draft ordinance to eventually go before the Plumas County Board of Supervisors. The two-hour workshop was prompted by Mat Fogarty’s March 2025…
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Published September 23Town hall meeting explores Chester fire funding
The Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce announces a town hall meeting Sept. 29 with a feature presentation by Peninsula Fire Protection District. Organizers say the meeting will provide an overview of the new property tax assessment beginning November 2026 and how the funding will…
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Published September 23Baker cypress field trip celebrates Public Lands Day
Friends of Plumas Wilderness invites everyone to celebrate National Public Lands Day Saturday, Sept. 26, with a field trip with Friends to the Mud Lake Research Natural Area’s Wheeler Peak Unit to see the remarkable regeneration of one of the region’s rarest trees: the Baker…
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Published September 23Feather River Community Fund seeks grant applications
The Feather River Community Fund announces it is seeking applications for its 2026 grant program. Submittals are due Oct. 23, with awards to be made by the end of November. The fund was founded in 2021 with the goal of helping to sustain and improve the capacity of rural…
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Published September 23Portola area wood burning curtailment period begins
The Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District announces the curtailment period affecting wood burning in the Portola area has begun for the year. The curtailment period extends from Sept. 1 to April 30 each year. During this period, no residential or open outdoor vegetation…
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Published September 23Sheriff’s update: August 2026
Sheriff Chad Hermann delivered August statistics for the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office to the Plumas County Board of Supervisors during the board’s Sept. 15 meeting. During August, the sheriff’s office fielded 657 911 calls and 2,076 nonemergency calls. Those calls for service…
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Published September 22Fire Safe Council shares Firewise community updates
The Plumas County Fire Safe Council offers an update on recent activities of local Firewise communities. Firewise communities throughout the Mohawk Valley region, in partnership with University of California Cooperative Extension, hosted a special presentation with Kane Russell,…
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Published September 22Quincy farm celebrates fall equinox
Lost Sierra Food Project announces a fall equinox potluck tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Rugged Roots Farm in Quincy. Organizers invite everyone for a corn stalk harvesting project from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a community potluck celebrating the fall equinox from 6:30…