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MT HEBRON, Calif. - Due to effective suppression efforts by Tennant Fire personnel, resources have been able to focus their efforts in containing hot spots on the western and southeastern areas of the fire perimeter.
Read MoreTULELAKE, Calif. - On Saturday, March 27, a fire that was started in a tule marsh on private land east of Lower Klamath NWR escaped and burned approximately one acre within the refuge boundary. The landowners called CAL FIRE/Siskiyou Unit who responded and began suppression and containment efforts, naming the incident, ‘Refuge Fire’.
Read MoreBUTTE VALLEY, Calif. - On Friday evening, January 17, 2020, at about 12:20 p.m., Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies responded to the 4600 block of East Butte Valley Road in the Dorris area (Butte Valley), in response to a dispatch call reporting a man had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. The decedent was identified as Dr. Dakota Woodard DVM, 31, of Dorris, California.
Read MoreThe Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is continuing an extensive investigation into the tragic deaths of two female adults slain by one or more assailants while they occupied a dwelling on Hilltop Road in the Pleasant Valley Highlands area outside of the City of Dorris on Monday, October 14, 2019, during early-morning hours of the day.
Read MoreOn Monday, October 14, 2019, at about 2:05 a.m., Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies and a sergeant responded to a call of a possible robbery involving a shooting in the Dorris area. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) originally received an emergency “9-1-1” call that reported two people were shot during a robbery in the area of “Big Stump” and Dorris-Brownell Road, a rural, isolated, mountainous area located approximately 3 miles northwest of the City of Dorris, commonly referred to as Pleasant Valley Highlands.
Read MoreMEDFORD, Ore.—Five people have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin manufactured in Mexico and distributed in and around Klamath Falls, Oregon, announced Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
Read MoreKlamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for May 12, 2019, shows a crew working on the north portal of the tunnel on the Southern Pacific line near Dorris, Calif., in 1909.
Read MoreOn Thursday, December 19, 2018, at about 9:28 p.m., the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to a call of two people found deceased in a trailer on Big Stump Road near Mud Lake (in vicinity of Lakeridge Drive and Lakeview Drive), in the Dorris area. A neighbor reportedly found the adult man and woman deceased and notified SCSO authorities. Sheriff’s deputies found a deceased male adult and a female adult decedent in the trailer. Both of the decedents had identification with addresses outside of the county.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at about 8:28 a.m., the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) received a report of a collision involving a train and a motor vehicle in the Dorris area. Additional information indicated the vehicle was on fire at US 97 near Railroad Avenue, at the railroad crossing gate. SCSO Sergeant Abner Weed responded to the incident, along with local fire department and California Highway Patrol (CHP) first responders. SCSO provides contract law enforcement services for Dorris.
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