Michael Woodward, Reporter

• Firefighters, public to gather Anderson's community Christmas tree Sunday Published 11/05/2009 at 2 p.m. 1 Comment

  Firefighters from the Anderson Fire Protection District will join with members of the public in a tradition spanning 93 years when the Anderson community Christmas tree is harvested at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, off Highway 44 between Shingletown and ...

• Fly fishing clinic held on Clear Creek Published 10/27/2009 at 11:48 a.m.

  Even though the trout fishing season ends Nov. 15 most places in Shasta County, that didn't stop the Fly Shop's Mike Mercer from putting on a free fly fishing clinic for about 12 people on Clear Creek, as a part ...

• Theft fails to halt Stand Down Updated 10/27/2009 at 11:53 a.m.

  Volunteers from North Valley Veterans Stand Down were scrambling Friday to find replacements for $26,000 worth of blankets, cots, tents and coats intended for homeless veterans. The items had reportedly been stolen from a locked storage unit just prior to ...

• Food Stash holds fundraiser Published 10/27/2009 at 11:17 a.m.

  Food Stash, a Cottonwood food bank operated out of First Baptist Church of Cottonwood for the last two years, has scheduled a fundraising dinner for Nov. 6 at the Cottonwood Community Center. The fundraiser, a $20 tri-tip dinner with meat ...

• APD arrests seven-time felon again Published 10/27/2009 at 10:29 a.m.

  With seven felony warrants to his name, Jon Hill-Hawkins, 22, of Cottonwood, led Anderson police on yet another pursuit Tuesday afternoon. Hill-Hawkins previously evaded officers on Sept. 30 when he was speeding in a vehicle without valid registration. At the ...

• APD arrests Hill-Hawkins on 7 felony warrants Updated 10/20/2009 at 5:16 p.m.

  With seven felony warrants to his name, Jon Hill-Hawkins, 22, of Cottonwood, led Anderson police on yet another pursuit Tuesday afternoon. Hill-Hawkins previously evaded officers on Sept. 30 when he was speeding in a vehicle without valid registration. At the ...

• LAFCO encourages cooperation among South County fire districts Published 10/06/2009 at 4:59 p.m.

  South County fire protection agencies were told to work together on their respective spheres of influence by the board of Shasta Local Agency Formation Corporation (LAFCO) during the agency's regular Oct. 1 meeting.

• Festival marks return of salmon Published 10/06/2009 at 9:48 a.m.

  About 30,000 fall chinook salmon are expected to return to Battle Creek this year, doubling last year's turnout, according to Coleman National Fish Hatchery Project Leader Scott Hamelberg.

• Watershed group plans food bank and garden Published 10/06/2009 at 8:31 a.m.

  A food bank and a community garden are set to open early in 2010, announced Brynn Nolan, executive director of the Cottonwood Creek Watershed Group.

• Anderson plans for posterity Published 09/29/2009 at 10:27 a.m. 1 Comment

  Effects from a slowing national economy have ebbed into the City of Anderson following years of successful economic growth, yet "despite the economic challenges, your city has pressed onward, funded projects that stimulate the local economy and taken advantage of ...

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