Portola News

One of the prettiest walks Thomas and I have taken in a while was a longer, flat hike June 21 along the Middle Fork of the Feather River as it flows next to Rocky Point Road.

With the warming weather, June saw the market continue to heat up, as Buyers jumped back into the market aggressively, resulting in strong sales across the area, especially for single-family homes under $1.5 million.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 6/24/2009 General Manager Rob Young announced last week the Grizzly Ranch development and golf course has found a buyer and is currently in escrow.

The U.S. Postal Service offices will be open Friday, however several will be closing early due to the Independence Day holiday.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 6/24/2009 Property owners at Crocker Mountain, a part of Grizzly Lake Resort Improvement District, were relieved to hear the moratorium on building, in existence since the 1997 chemical treatment of Lake Davis shut them off from that water supply, has been lifted.

Photo by Kelsey Heil The stately old barn that has watched over the corner of Highway 70 and Grizzly Road east of Portola for more than 80 years burned to the ground in spectacular fashion in the hours just before dawn Saturday, June 13.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 6/10/2009 The last two Portola City Council meetings have had heavy agendas on a wide variety of topics, some of which included ongoing discussions.

Joshua Sebold Staff Writer The Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board approved a contract amendment Tuesday, June 2, increasing SPH Associates' budget for work on the Lake Davis water treatment plant project by $68,000. SPH's contract prior to the increase was for $254,795. District ...

Imagine which California sites would end up as eBay superstars if vineyards had their own trading cards.

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was probably the first European to observe the early residents of the Central Coast.

Linda Satchwell Staff Writer 6/3/2009 Anyone who has lived in Eastern Plumas County for more than a few months is probably aware of White Sulphur Springs Ranch and Hotel - the big old house on Highway 89 just past the Portola-McClears Road on the way to Truckee.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 6/3/2009 The Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District received a letter from the Environmental Protection District informing it that the particulate matter in the air over Portola was within 5 percent of exceeding the federal standard in the data from years 2005-07. The data chart shows six spikes in air ...

A Plumas County woman who was hit by lightning on June 4 has died. The woman, Maryann Heald, 70, after being struck was flown by helicopter to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she died Thursday.

Traci Bue Staff Writer 5/27/2009 This year's Memorial Day service was a somber reminder of the sacrifice and casualty wrought by wars, as Plumas County paid tribute to a fallen soldier of this place and time killed in battle May 2 in Iraq.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 5/27/2009 Soroptimists, who seek the best for women, take the time each year to honor women who have excelled in some way or individuals who have given to the community.

CERRO VILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL Principal Aileen Sterling has been appointed by the OUSD Board as executive director of secondary education.

Jeremiah McCleery was only 4 when his father drove him from the family's home in Rialto to Twentynine Palms, Calif., to watch the triumphant -- and emotional -- return of U.S. soldiers from the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

A woman in Plumas County carrying an umbrella was struck by a bolt of lightning, which knocked her to the ground and halted her breathing, according to sheriff's reports.

McCleery is the first serviceman from Plumas County to be killed in the Iraq conflict.

Linda Satchwell Staff Writer A solemn procession led slain U.S. soldier Jeremiah McCleery from the Reno, Nev., airport home to Portola.