On Saturday, February 28, a power outage affected parts of Modoc County, leaving Cal Pines, Davis Creek, and Ft Bidwell without electricity for hours.

February 27, 2026 – Alturas, CA – Modoc County District Attorney's Office officials announce that defendant Matthew Alexander ...

Initial location: Modoc County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Peninsula Piles, was initiated today at 8 a.m. at in Modoc County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land ...

The NWS Medford OR issued a wind advisory at 1:05 p.m. on Monday valid from 7 p.m. until Wednesday 4 a.m. for Modoc County.

Over several rivers and through even more woods, flags advocating secession from California flutter above hills dotted with cattle, which outnumber people at least sixfold. This ranching region with a ...

ALTURAS, Modoc County -- A hiker from Oakland was found dead on a remote peak in Modoc County Sunday, according to the Modoc County Sheriff's Office. Ben Kiyoshi Namura-Weingrow, 44, was discovered by ...

Remains found near a Modoc County campground were identified as Emmanuel Pochylski, 41, who was last seen on June 11. This is Modoc County's first homicide since 2020. Three people in Modoc County, ...

At 4 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, right around the time Gov. Gavin Newsom was signing his redistricting plan into action, with the thermometer reading 107 degrees, I walked across our living room ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The County of Santa Barbara announced that a public town hall on the Modoc Multii-Use Path project will be held this week to ...