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BURNEY — Area residents are being invited to join students, parents, and school administrators, at Burney Elementary’s upcoming Back to School Night and Taco Dinner. The taco dinner, which is being hosted by 6th grade teacher, Jenny Boyd Arseneau, is Tuesday evening, Aug. 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Prices are $5 for a taco plate and $1 for drinks, […]
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Writer’s note: A previous version of this report used information gathered from CHP-Redding’s online incident log; which in turn had used appended information gathered from CHP-Susanville’s incident log. CHP later confirmed several time discrepancies caused by delays in information appended from one CHP log to the other. I apologize for any confusion caused by the earlier report and the time […]
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Story has moved. Click here to view updated report with victim’s names and additional details. UPDATE: Excessive speed, intoxication, suspected in fatal McArthur rollover
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BURNEY — Area residents are abuzz after several recent mountain lion sightings, including one sighting early this morning along the southern end of Marquette St, south of downtown Burney, and another seen a few blocks away several hours later. Area residents began discussing the recent sightings earlier today, Wednesday, Aug. 22, after two different Burney residents shared posts online about […]
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BURNEY — A recent incident involving numerous reports of shots fired in the Burney Terrace area, followed by reports of a resident’s home that was struck by at least one of the discharged rounds have caused concern and frustration, as well as anxiety and outright anger, among Burney and Intermountain area residents. The Wednesday, Aug. 16, incident has left countless […]
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CASSEL — A couple with six warrants between them who were found to be in possession of stolen property and burglary tools was apprehended during a residential burglary investigation in Cassel, Friday afternoon, Aug. 17. The pair was arrested after reportedly fleeing from deputies investigating a residential alarm activation on the 40000 block of Cassel Dr. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: […]
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BURNEY — Firefighters managed to quickly knock down a small, half-acre, brush and tree fire that erupted earlier this afternoon on Burney’s west end, north of Highway 299. A man believed to be a transient was seen running from the area behind Las Colinas Mobile Estates, off Main St. in the area of Tamarack Ave., shortly after the fire broke […]
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UPDATED: Aug. 10, 9 a.m. See originals story, updates, photos, and videos below. FALL RIVER MILLS — Cal Fire officials updated this morning that the Hat Fire burning in Fall River Mills had more than tripled in size overnight, growing from 800 acres shortly before 10 p.m., the 2,500 acres at 7:30 a.m. Firefighter’s efforts had managed to achieve 15% […]
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BURNEY — Burney and Johnson Park residents are expressing anger and frustration over the theft of a boy’s bicycle from a local business earlier today. The bike was stolen from in front of Dollar General, at the intersection of Main St. and Mountain View Rd, in Burney. Calling the theft “outrageous,” the boy’s mother later explained her son had gone […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — Several recent bear sightings in and around the unincorporated Intermountain community of Montgomery Creek have area residents buzzing and speculating about the reported increase of recent sightings. Some area residents have speculated that the two recent Montgomery Creek bear sightings, as well as other sightings within Burney and neighboring Johnson Park, could possibly be related to bears […]
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