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ABOUT THE NEWS
The Intermountain News is published every Wednesday morning for the communities of Burney, Fall River Mills, McArthur, Round Mountain, Big Bend, Montgomery Creek, Johnson Park, Old Station, Hat Creek, Glenburn, Cassel,
Nubieber, Bieber, Lookout, Adin, Dana, Little Valley, Pittville, Cayton Valley, and Pondosa. The newspaper is published by Cright Incorporated, 37095 Main St., Suite C, P.O. Box 1030, Burney, California 96013. Craig Harrington, president and publisher. This newspaper is judged a newspaper of general circulation under court decree #24204, filed April 27, 1959, and can accept legal advertising. USPS No. 266-560. Second class postage paid at Burney, California 96013.

Sprucing Up The Lane

Members of the Burney Lions Club spend a Saturday morning cleaning up Christmas Tree Lane in Burney and ask others to join the party.

Students' Virtual Field Trip

Fall River Elementary School students travel to the Pacific Coast to study tide pools without leaving their classroom. Teacher Linda Corr explains how the students interacted with a park ranger over the internet.

Burney Pools Re-dedication

A re-dedication ceremony was held following the completion of a resurfacing project for the three swimming pools in Burney.

Lightning Fires

FRIDAY | 7:44 a.m. - Lightning storms that hit Northern California mid-week causing seven fires on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are suspected to be the cause of five new fires discovered Thursday for a total of 12 since Wednesday. An additional three possible fires were also reported at sundown Thursday. “The Trinity Fire is largest, reported to be 180 acres and located about seven miles north of Denny in the Trinity Alps Wilderness,” said Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Fire Chief Arlen Cravens on Thursday evening. “All 12 fires are staffed and at first light Friday, smokejumpers are heading to the locations of the three fires reported this evening." General fire information can be found HERE

Power Outage In Burney

THURSDAY | 1:08 p.m. - On Wednesday at about 8:45 p.m., power was lost to about 2,400 PG&E customers in Burney, including some in Johnson Park and Cassel, when a powerline broke north of Black Ranch Road. Most customers had power restored by 10:30 p.m., with all but three customers restored by 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The last three customers were restored at 5:15 a.m. Thursday. Cause of the line failure is under investigation.

TANC Partner Drops Out

WEDNESDAY | 7 p.m. - Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has informed the Transmission Agency of Northern California (TANC) that it intends to withdraw from TANC’s Transmission Project (TTP). In light of this recent development, all remaining public outreach meetings on the TTP that are scheduled during the month of July will be postponed. This time will enable TANC and its members, the Western Area Power Administration (Western) and other government agencies involved in the planning process to evaluate their options and to define the next steps in the process. READ MORE in the Sacramento Bee. UPDATED HERE Friday

CURRENT FISHING REPORT

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The News Recreation Guide

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The communities we serve

Burney, Fall River Mills, McArthur, Cassel, Hat Creek, Old Station, Bieber, Nubieber, Adin, Lookout, Pondosa, Little Valley, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, Dana, Big Bend, Johnson Park, Glenburn, Pittville, and Cayton Valley. Also providing news and information for surrounding areas of Alturas, Mt. Shasta, McCloud, Canby, Cedarville, Ft. Bidwell, Ravendale, Likely, Madeline, and the counties of Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, Trinity, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Plumas and Siskiyou counties.

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