Plumas County News

Plumas Independent (1892-1945) on June 7, 1945. Published weekly. It is part of the Feather Publishing family of newspapers serving Plumas and Lassen counties. Full Story »

The Bulletin was established Aug. 11, 1866, as the Plumas National (later changed to Plumas National Bulletin, May 16, 1892) subsequently changed to its present name May 7, 1931, with which was merged in Plumas Independent (1892-1945) on June 7, 1945. Published weekly. Full Story »

Move over Y2K, the lights may go out in Taylorsville and Greenville for New Year’s, and it won’t be because of a millennium bug. If the county doesn’t step up financial support for the lights, Indian Valley Community Services District directors will throw the switch. Full Story »

Portola senior Alberto Pena slips the grasp of two Quincy defenders on his way to a 60-yard touchdown in the third quarter of last Friday’s game. Pena rushed for 208 yards and scored three touchdowns. Full Story »

Roy William Trumpeter, 94, of Canyondam passed away Oct. 8, 2009, from cancer. He was born Sept. 20, 1915, in Levanna, Cayuga County, New York, the only son of Fredrick William Trumpeter and Nina Elizabeth Hoyt of Knodishall, England. Full Story »

100 YEARS AGO....1909 Posters will be out this week announcing a masquerade ball at Johnsville on October 30th. 75 YEARS AGO….1934 Much construction is underway in the center of Quincy rebuilding fire damaged businesses including a new floor being laid in the new Quincy Drug Store building. Full Story »

Former Quincy Area California Highway Patrol Officer William LaMar pled no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery and attempting to prevent a victim from reporting a crime Wednesday, Oct. 14. Visiting Judge Francis Barclay sentenced LaMar that same day. Full Story »

About 45 Meadow Valley residents met Monday, Oct. 19, with Forest Service and logging representatives at the Old Meadow Valley Schoolhouse. Full Story »

Colten Joseph Domino was born at 7:59 a.m., July 14, 2009, at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee to Lindsey Hudek and Anthony Domino of Portola. The new arrival weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Full Story »

SPECIALIZING IN BANKRUPTCY Mary K. Shelters has opened her law practice on Peninsula Drive at Lake Almanor. She has been a licensed attorney since 1979, but decided to change careers when she and husband Blake, a local architect, moved here from Southern California six years ago. Full Story »

Three Sierra Pacific Industries employees and one explosives contractor were injured Monday, Nov. 2, when a chemical leak occurred at SPI’s co-generation plant in Quincy. Full Story »

Anna King Flippin was born July 18, 1949, to Alla Illyaovna Koptunovich King and Joshua King on board the S.S. President Cleveland as it docked in Yokohama, Japan. Full Story »

A little after 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Reyes Carrillo-Garcia was found guilty of murdering Jenny Carrigan of Chester and Steven Furtado of Willows in the first degree. Full Story »

OPEN HOUSES THIS SATURDAY Greg Kinne Design, located on Quincy Junction Road, is having an open house Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greg will show artwork featured at home and garden shows across the West, as well as wall art, waterfalls and one-of-a-kind pieces we’d venture to say you won’t find anywhere else. Full Story »

Last month Plumas County supervisors approved a partnership with the Maidu Summit Consortium, a group whose members seek to obtain Pacific Gas and Electric lands on the east shore of Lake Almanor, Butt and Humbug valleys. Full Story »

The first 200 doses of H1N1 nasal spray vaccine have arrived in Plumas County. This first shipment of H1N1 will be reserved for household contacts or caregivers of infants younger than 6 months, and household contacts of pregnant women. Full Story »

There is an incredible amount of artistic talent in Plumas County. Monday evening, Oct. 19, at a gallery on Main Street in Quincy, what was previously a great idea became a reality with a simple show of hands. Main Street Artists was born. Full Story »

A year and a month since the closure of Plumas County’s Alcohol and Drug Department, the opinion of most prominent figures working with groups suffering from alcohol and drug problems seems to be relatively unanimous: services are less available for many people who need them. Full Story »

Last week’s city council meeting was a livelier affair than is usual. Seating was full with standing room only, with attendants on a variety of agenda issues. Even the staff table was longer than usual and well attended. Full Story »

After months of closed sessions and speculation surrounding John Gullixson’s departure from the Plumas Local Agency Formation Commission, all parties have reached a settlement agreement, announced publicly for the first time at the Portola City Council meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 28. Full Story »

W. Loyalton Ave., Portola property sale NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-09-298105-TC YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/28/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check ... Full Story »

Charter School Development Systems out of Newport Beach presented its petition to Plumas Unified School District Tuesday, Oct. 13, to implement an “online e-charter school” in the district. Full Story »

Appropriation hearing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on December 8, 2009, at the hour of 6:15 p.m. in the East Quincy Services District office, Quincy, California, for the purpose of establishing, by resolution, the appropriation limit for the 2008-2009 fiscal year for the East Quincy Services District, as described in Article XIIIB of the ... Full Story »

Plumas County fire chiefs talked to members of the public about measures that could be taken to improve fire safety for homes and firefighters at an Emergency Services Advisory Committee meeting in September. Full Story »

Plumas County will get another infamous hour in the limelight this Saturday, the latest in a string of less than uplifting TV moments. Plumas has been on Chico and Reno news programs recently because of woes in the logging industry and tragic cases in the courtroom. Full Story »