Diamond Mountain Casino plans hotel expansion 02/20/2007 COMMUNITY Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Ever since Diamond Mountain Casino first opened as a garage in 1996, it has kept expanding. From the garage to the Susanville Casino, to the current incarnation as Diamond Mountain, it has been in a constant state of renewal and upgrading.... View
	Fair board approves adding market dairy beef to junior livestock sale 02/20/2007 AGRICULTURE Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- The Lassen County Fair Advisory Board approved adding market dairy beef to the Junior Livestock sale during a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1. ... View
	LCC?s accreditation status worsens from warning to probation 02/20/2007 EDUCATION Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Lassen Community College is on probation, again. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College, Western Association of Schools and Colleges placed LCC on probation on Jan. 31, following up on a July report by its evaluation team.... View
	Noxious weed grant pending 02/20/2007 ENVIRONMENT Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- The Honey Lake Valley may soon have the means to mount a significant challenge to a significant part of its noxious weed problem, according to the Lassen County Agriculture Commissioner Ken Smith.... View
	HDSP sends inmates to private institutions outside the state 02/20/2007 CRIME Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- At least one of Susanville?s prisons is shipping inmates out to private institutions in other states to help ease chronic overcrowding.... View
	Road workers rescue man from smoking SUV 02/20/2007 HUMAN INTEREST Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Smoke from oil hitting an exhaust pipe alerted two Bieber  road workers to a man trapped in a Toyota that left Highway 139 and dropped down a 15-foot overhang.... View
	Lassen High School in fourth year of using SRO program 02/20/2007 EDUCATION Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Lassen High School has participated in the School Resource Officer program for the past four years. Through the SRO program, a police officer is on campus a lot of the time unless called away. According to LHS Superintendent Dan Lewis the program is effective.... View
	Streets Department loses one-third of its staff 02/20/2007 LOCAL POLITICS Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- After listening to a five-year plan and a mid-year budget revision, the City Council voted to give the Susanville Streets and Highway Department money to balance its 2006/2007 budget, but to do so, it had to eliminate two part-time positions in the department.... View
	Court declares one water fee unconstitutional, appeal expected 02/20/2007 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Before Lassen County farmers get a refund of a state water rights fee declared unconstitutional by an appeals court, more court action is expected.... View
	Diamond View students serve as pilot group for 100 percent me program 01/30/2007 ENTERTAINMENT Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Diamond View students were the pilot group for the Lassen County Office of Education?s 100 Percent Me program.    ... View
	Selling carbon credits may be money maker for counties 01/02/2007 SMALL TOWN BUSINESS Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Lassen County?s clean air may be a money maker if the county can sell carbon credits.... View
	State Senator Dave Cox visits Susanville 01/30/2007 LOCAL POLITICS Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- California State Senator Dave Cox and his staff visited Susanville on Wednesday, Jan. 24, making stops at the Susanville Rotary and the Lassen County Times.... View
	Cox explains proposed expansion of Susanville?s two prisons 01/30/2007 COMMUNITY Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- At a Dec. 21 press conference, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed nearly $11 billion in funding to expand the state?s prison and jail capacity by a total of 78,000 beds.... View
	Dry weather concerns Lassen County Fire Agencies 01/30/2007 WEATHER Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- It?s late January, and the lack of traditional winter weather is already starting to cause fire problems for both the residents and the fire agencies of Lassen County.... View
	Forest treatment signup underway 01/23/2007 ENVIRONMENT Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- The Lassen County Fire Safe Council is poised to take a major bite out of fire danger in the Susanville area with two landscape-scale projects, one in the Gold Run area, southwest of the city and the other in the Archery/Childrens area, in the populated district at the foot of Diamond Mountain.... View
	Klinock receives excellence in teaching award 01/30/2007 EDUCATION Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Charlotte Klinock received a surprise when she attended the annual Community Day School Network conference in Sacramento.... View
	Mountain lion sighting confirmed at Susanville Ranch Park 02/06/2007 COMMUNITY Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- Anyone who sees a mountain lion in north Susanville is urged to call police, the sheriff?s department or the California Department of Fish and Game, after a confirmed mountain lion sighting at the Susanville Ranch Park last week.... View
	LMUD and Pacific Gas and Electric 01/02/2007 ENERGY Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- The Lassen Municipal Utility District and Pacific Gas and Electric are both looking to come to an agreement about the 22,000 acres annexed from PG&E in 1997.... View
	LMUD holds final meeting before New Year 01/02/2007 ENERGY Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- The Lassen Municipal Utility District held a special meeting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, the final meeting of 2006.... View
	Logging truck accident kills Hat Creek man 02/06/2007 DISASTER AND ACCIDENT Lassen County Times / STPNS Susanville, California (STPNS)- A Hat Creek man died as a result of a logging accident northwest of Susanville at about noon on Tuesday, Jan 20.... View