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July 2025

Basecamp opens in Yreka, offering new services for the county’s homeless residents
The Yreka Basecamp on Main Street is a 32-bed shelter for region’s unhoused, designed around delivering a full range of support services.
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Yreka to begin enforcing no-camping ordinance
The opening of shelter facilities in Yreka has prompted city officials to begin enforcing an ordinance that prohibits unhoused residents from camping on…
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Mt. Shasta responds to sales tax declines amid an uncertain economic future
City officials in Mt. Shasta have taken steps to reduce spending, curtail hiring and other measures to plug the city’s budget deficit.
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Come for the baking, stay for the fun
The Greenhorn Grange in Yreka hosted a Sourdough Saturday baking class, the first in a series focused on homesteading.
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June 2025

No Kings protest attracts hundreds in downtown Yreka
Under perfectly clear skies, the No Kings political protest and the Golden City Days festival brought crowds to Yreka on Saturday.
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Newly named Sáttítla Highlands National Monument find itself in Trump’s crosshairs
Spanning multiple national forests and nearly 224,700 acres, the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in rural Siskiyou County is finding its new…
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Funding cuts felt first by some of region’s neediest students
Reduced federal eduction funding for programs like Work-Study, TRiO and other stands to impact some of the most disadvantaged students at College of the…
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May 2025

Siskiyou Village to offer tiny homes for area’s homeless
The new 15-unit community of standalone rooms opened on South Foothill Drive in Yreka, a piece of a larger strategy to address the needs of the unhoused…
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Siskiyou County Latino community expresses concern as immigration crackdown grows
State law prohibits local law enforcement from serving as the immigration arm of the federal government, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue…
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Local non-profits and school districts reflect on reneged federal contracts
President Donald Trump dismissed a federal grant program to provide digital skills training for elderly and low-income residents, as ‘racist,’ as the…
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