This is the second part in a three-part series involving new evidence and information on the infamous Keddie murders. On April 12, 1981, Sheila Sharp, 14, left the neighbors’ cabin to return home.

Case file update is a new column featuring previous cases involving Plumas County and its people. If anyone has information concerning a cold case, please contact Victoria Metcalf at 283-0800 or ...

Occupation: I am a retired Chief Master Sergeant (E9) from Nevada Air National Guard where I served for 30 years. How long have you lived in or had ties to Plumas County? I would like to introduce ...

The trauma of the Dixie and other recent fires are still with Plumas County residents, particularly those who lost homes and communities. There is an understandable desire to take urgent action to ...

The Plumas National Forest is reporting that a fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. today near the La Porte and was declared controlled before 5:30 p.m. The human-caused fire was dubbed the Valley Fire and ...

Joanna McElrath, a former Miss Lassen County who pleaded guilty to the premeditated and deliberate first-degree murder of her husband, off-duty Susanville Police Office Robert McElrath, on Jan. 1, ...

Chester High School graduate Katelyn Nielsen (Class of 2020) is now a senior at the University of California Davis, studying biochemistry and molecular biology. She also recently completed the UC ...

Many of you felt the recent earthquake and aftershocks that have occurred in the Lake Almanor basin in the last twenty-four hours. We have been in contact with local officials and appreciate their ...

4:41 a.m. Quincy. A female was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol with 3 priors within 7 years. 12:13 p.m. Taylorsville. Frontier reports a residential phone outage ...

Fire managers often talk about building either direct or indirect line on the fire. What is the difference and why does it matter? Building direct fire line means building fire lines directly at the ...

I am deeply grateful to Plumas News and its forerunners for indulging my occasional letters over the years. As a last effort, I will try to bring some moderation to the new courthouse issue. Debate ...

Editor’s Note: In this article, Historian David F. Matuszak tells the story of how Nelson Point has been ravaged twice by fire — first in 1924 and again by the Claremont Fire. While the first is from ...