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Thick smoke poured into the streets in downtown Cottonwood as a wind-blown grass fire of unknown origin ignited and burned three houses and a couple out-buildings after noon on Wednesday, Sept. 1, according to Rodney Chadbon, administrator at Cottonwood Fire ...

A suspect standing on the roof of a residence off Rupert Road in Anderson had no where to go on Wednesday morning with police surrounding the one-story ranch house. The suspect, a Hispanic male in his late 20s, was first ...

Law enforcement: Sept. 1, 2010

Anderson is one step closer to having a state-of-the-art bikeway built along State Highway 273 between South Street and Pleasant Hills Drive near the Wal-Mart Super-Center.

Anderson's showcase downtown renovation project, completed last year, received hearty accolades Aug. 19 when it won a Project of the Year 2010 award from the Sacramento Chapter of the American Public Works Association.

A changing of the guard at the Anderson Teen Center last week brings in Cody Goddard, 23, as the center's new senior project coordinator.

In the Anderson Union High School District (AUHSD) enrollment is up at all three campuses. According to Scott Booth, principal of Anderson Union High School, Big Blue was projecting to kick off the new school year with 698 students, but ...

Recent South County transplant Lita Gail Coulthart-Villanueva loves to write and has launched a personal blog about her newly-adopted home town that she calls "Anderson Orb."

"It's a different type of war, but other than that it's still bloodshed and loss of life," said Jim Richards, who was appointed chairman of the North Valley Stand Down Association in January. "Now's a tough time. There's a lot ...

Darion Wilkins, 19, of Happy Valley returned from his first tour in Iraq approximately two weeks ago to his current base in Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Pastor Bill Miller of Paradise was recently called to serve Trinity United Methodist Church in Anderson by Warner H. Brown, Jr., Bishop of the United Methodist Church's California-Nevada Annual Conference.

A new face will be joining the West Valley High School campus. Ryan Johnson, 32, was recently named the new vice principal to the school.

For one day only, the office of the Consulate General of Mexico will open shop in Anderson Sept. 18 to help Mexican Nationals receive their Matricula Consulado, an identification card that allows holders to get medical services in Mexico, according ...

A mountain lion was spotted Sunday, Aug. 29, sunning itself on the riverbank at the Anderson River Park on Sunday afternoon, Anderson Police Sergeant Bryan Van Dyke said. Although the report came from a resident living on the bluffs across ...

Golden Acres 4-H Club will hold its annual Fall Harvest program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at Prairie Elementary School in Anderson.