About 80 people scattered among the sea of available seats inside the McLaughlin Auditorium in Redding Wednesday. Everyone was there for a Shasta County GOP candidates forum. Judging by many familiar faces, the majority of the audience was comprised of… Continue Reading
With his nearly shaved skull sitting atop a blue button-down shirt like a scratched cue ball sinking in a corner pocket, Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chairman and Lex Luther lookalike Patrick Jones appeared on One America News last week… Continue Reading
Susanne Baremore, a nearly-lifelong resident of Shasta county will be formally announcing her campaign for Shasta County Supervisor District 2 in front of the County Board Chambers at 12 noon on November 13, 2023. Her campaign intends to promote stable… Continue Reading
Of all the Veterans Days 89-year-old Korean War veteran and former Senator Maurice Johannessen has commemorated, today’s may be among his most bittersweet. On this Veterans Day, the Veterans Cemetery Memorial Chapel in Igo — the one made possible by… Continue Reading
A verbal altercation between Judy Salter, 75, of Redding, and Shasta County’s District 1 Supervisor Kevin Crye, 49, at the close of last week’s board of supervisors meeting dominated public comment time with numerous people either taking jabs at Crye… Continue Reading
Shasta County can exhale a sigh of relief today following preliminary results from two sides of the same coin in the county’s Nov. 7 special election. One side of the coin was the election itself. According to the latest election… Continue Reading
Tomorrow morning I’m getting flu and COVID vaccinations at the Redding VA Clinic. I’ll admit to being slightly nervous. It’s not that I’m not a prime candidate for Pfizer’s latest bivalent vaccine. I am. I’ve never had COVID, so I’ve… Continue Reading
The health plan open enrollment for individuals under age 65 and not Medicare eligible began Nov. 1 and continues until Jan. 31, 2024. If you want coverage to be effective January 1, 2024, you must complete the process before 12/31/2023.… Continue Reading
News of the appointment of Jon Knight — right-wing extremist, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack attendee — to the Shasta County Mosquito and Vector Control board by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors went viral in… Continue Reading
Like a mongrel cross of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa “The Barber of Seville,” Patrick Henry Jones led his merry troupe of political players — better known as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors… Continue Reading
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