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See live election results for Siskiyou County on November 3, 2020 from Mount Shasta Herald.

Shareen Strauss Mt. Shasta Area Newspapers Leaders from 10 towns across Siskiyou County came together to share information and ideas last Wednesday during the League of Local Agencies of Siskiyou Countys quarterly meeting in Dunsmuir. Better known simply as LOLA, the group meets every three months at various Siskiyou County locations.  "We exchange ideas during these quarterly networking meetings so we can learn from each other and spark new ideas," said Mount Shasta City Councilor Tim Stea...

Mt. Shasta General Plan 2045: city council asked to slow process, consider more public input Mount Shasta Herald In a 4-1 decision Monday evening, Mount Shasta city councilors voted to continue with the General Plan 2045 process, with Tim Stearns – who has been airing concerns about the proposed plan for weeks – casting the sole "no" vote.  The update of the citys general plan is a blazing hot topic, with people concerned that changes proposed in the draft are too sweeping for a city of Mo...

These nonprofits got a little slice of Mount Shastas budget Mount Shasta Herald Mount Shasta city councilors last Monday heard the citys budget is "in the black" – despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic – and decided to allocate funds to the Visitors Center, the Siskiyou Economic Development Council, Meals on Wheels, and Sisson Museum. Although the city has suffered loss, finance director Muriel Howarth Terrell said that loss is balancing out with new income from sales, Tran...

OPINION: Logging will increase wildfire risk for mountain towns Karen Maki, Jeff Stone, and Raven Stevens for We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review Over four million acres burned in California in 2020. Despite this unprecedented climate disaster, CalFire is poised to increase future wildfire risk for residents of Dunsmuir, Mt. Shasta City, McCloud and Castella by approving the Soda Springs Timber Harvest Plan, which would use an unnecessarily dangerous even-aged logging method, similar to c...