Local News

- Stamping out breast cancer
- Local women prepare for
60-mile walk
- By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers
- "If you live 20 miles from anything, you are within walking distance."
That's an expression Williams residents Patti Turner and Pixie Rennick share with thousands of other people training for the Susan G. Komen "3-Day for the Cure" in October.
"It ... Full story

- Trial set for shooting of deputy
- Colusa County Sun-Herald
- The man who is accused of shooting a Colusa County sheriff’s sergeant and his own grandmother in July 2008 is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 30.
Richard C. Marez, 27, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of attempted murde... Full story

- Curtain going down on Colusa Theater?
- Life of movie house may depend on finding variety of uses
- By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers
- The Colusa Theater has played a big part in the downtown for decades, but the popular weekend entertainment spot may be shutting its doors.
After a dismal summer movie season, theater owners Mike Wilkinson and Chris Middleton said they may have to t... Full story
- CHP labors to prevent drunken driving over holiday
- By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers
- The California Highway Patrol announced today it will begin a statewide effort to crackdown on drunken drivers on Friday.
The CHP said the effort is the final maximum enforcement period for the summer.
"This is the last major holiday weekend of the... Full story
- County not entirely thrilled with methane mandate
- By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers
- The Colusa County Board of Supervisors is popping $25,000 for a another gas monitoring well at the Stonyford Landfill.
The county is contracting with Haling & Associates, an environmental engineering firm in Chico, to get the work done before wi... Full story

- Pet of the week
- Colusa County Sun-Herald
- Jasper is a super friendly little guy and is in need of a good home. Jasper looks to be just under 1 year old. He gets along well other dogs and cats. He would do best with older children. If you want to adopt Jasper or are looking for information ab... Full story
- Redford, Clooney on Film Commission wish list
- By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers
- In Hollywood, there is a saying, "Have your people call my people."
It's apparently the only way anything ever gets organized, from Emmy Award red carpet interviews to star-studded celebrity parties.
Colusa County might not have as glamorous a hot ... Full story
- Area symphony announces season
- Colusa County Sun-Herald
- "Veridian" means "fresh green," and for this reason, a new orchestra is naming itself after the word.
The Veridian Symphony Orchestra is a new orchestra that features professional musicians from the Yuba-Sutter area.
The first two concerts are sche... Full story

- New varieties come out of research center
- By Lydia M. Harris/Tri-County Newspapers
- New rice varieties have to meet the "wow factor" before going to market, according to researchers at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs.
Among their many fields of research, scientists at the grower-funded facility develop new varieties of rice th... Full story

- Ingebretsen killer cannot ask for release
- By Todd R. Hansen/Tri-County Newspapers
- A Senate bill that would have given juvenile offenders serving life terms a way out of prison went down quietly to defeat this week.
But the legislation did not go unnoticed in Colusa County — and opened some old wounds surrounding one of the ... Full story
- Sites Reservoir authority formed
- By RIck Longley/Tri-County Newspapers
- It’s officially signed, and the Sites Reservoir Joint-Powers Authority is in business.
Glenn County supervisors hosted the event in their chambers Thursday while representatives of the seven agencies put their signatures to the agreement that ... Full story