I know there are a lot of Celine Dion fans out there. I know there must be a lot of rutabaga fans too because they keep stocking them in the stores. But honestly. This is sacrilege.

5:30 am.  I wake early, realizing that this is THE day. It’s easy to get up this dark, cold morning. I get warmly dressed, grab my big Mag-light and take the dogs out the dark path down the road to get the paper. How poignant, the last day I will ever contribute to the making of [...]

Redding’s giant flag will be lowered to half-staff on the funeral day of slain Anderson security contractor Joshua Munns, Enterprise Lions Club president Mike Ferrier said today.

I clicked on the link that Marc Beachamp gave us this morning having to do with the steep decline in newspaper advertising revenue, and was rather astonished at what I saw when I scrolled to the bottom. In bold, beneath...

A blogger over at RedState thinks it could happen if Obama takes the nomination. I'm not so sure. For one thing, it would cause an intraparty fight so fierce that it would make the Dems' current squabble look tame by...

I do not like being sick. I know that sounds odd, but don't we all know people who seem to enjoy their illnesses more than others?Anyway, I have what Gary had. Wednesday I had a truly spectacular cough at work, like Mimi in Act IV of La Boheme, and after a couple of hours of repelling the gal I share a w

From Editor and Publisher: NEW YORK The newspaper industry has experienced the worst drop in advertising revenue in more than 50 years. According to new data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue in 2007 plunged...

ANDERSON -- A mostly-civil war of words broke out when a half-dozen neighbors of Anderson River Park started blasting Civil War re-enacters who plan to touch off cannons as part of a three-day training session at the end of March.

The open backyard burning season begins Tuesday and ends April 30, Redding Fire Department spokesman Jeff Granberry said today.

Red Bluff police are looking this morning for two or three men involved in a stabbing that took place Thursday evening in an alley behind Bob’s Tire Center, at 614 Walnut St. in Red Bluff.

A transient man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder this week in connection with a Dec. 7 shooting into a car leaving a church parking lot, Redding police Sgt. John Ostrowski said today.

No, not Stephen King."Office Tigers" is a documentary about what knowledge workers here are up against as India moves up the global food chain. Think "Office Space" except that these young men and women LOVE to work 20 hours a...

WEAVERVILLE — The battle continues for permanent federal funding for rural schools and counties that have lost logging revenue.

The quality shows from yesteryear are all gone with some exceptions. I can remember my Father telling a newspaper reported ~ 15 years ago, that there were still some good television shows available, but that wasn't what the

There is something that I am truly happy with and proud of at our dojo these days. Our karate classes are filled with enthusiastic young (and old) people! We sometimes have 16+ students. Most of them are white belts. Our dojo used to be top-heavy for a long time, and had almost no steady young white belts for years. I fe

Hope that Joshua Munns of Anderson would come home alive ended this week, with the FBI identifying his body as one of four kidnapped private security contractors recovered in Iraq. A fifth victim's remains are being tested to confirm his identity, an FBI spokesman said.

Shasta County Mental Health Director Mark Montgomery never dreamed he’d work in the same building his Shasta Dam worker great-grandfather helped build, back when it was Shasta General Hospital.

The Wolves didn't bother with any of the other contests going on at Big League Dreams at the same time.

As north state residents grieve, the keepers of the giant Interstate 5 flag contemplate whether to lower it to half-staff to honor an Anderson man killed while serving as a private security contractor in Iraq.

It's not just teachers' jobs on the chopping block. In a board meeting billed as a public hearing April 7, the Pacheco Union Elementary School District board will decide what to do with the district's superintendent position.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers who lost power for two days or longer after a strong windstorm at the start of the year will be getting a check in the mail.

As hundreds of volunteers prepare to muster in Alta Mesa Park on Saturday to build a new playground, two Redding firms have been working behind the scenes to ensure each pole is precisely placed and every bolt is fully fastened.

State and federal wildlife agencies have teamed to fund salmon and steelhead habitat restoration efforts throughout California, including eight projects in the north state.

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV.

ANDERSON — North state residents will gather this evening to honor the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.

Red Bluff pilot Bob Bruce is building another airplane. Yes, another one.

• Man receives 10 years for passing fake checks • Recycle fluorescent lamps at Red Bluff Wal-Mart

Whatever the Enterprise Lions decide about their flag off Interstate 5 in Redding, the governor won't order the Capitol flag lowered to half-staff for Joshua Munns, as he does for other Californians who die fighting overseas.

It was probably not wise for the 64-year-old Brit Hume to describe the 71-year-old John McCain as having a "senior moment." A blip would have been better. Or a gaffe. Or even a dent in the candidate's "experience" armor.

The story about a little Anderson boy being run over and killed is very sad. Sad too is the decision to put the illegal immigrant in jail for six months to be followed by deportation.

Lexi Gibson, 8, of Anderson created this drawing she calls "The Nice Zoo" after looking at it in a picture book while home sick one day.

Note from Doni: I’m pleased to introduce Steve Goedert to you. I knew Steve first as a brother-in-law, then as my nephew’s father, my kids’ uncle, my optometrist, and now as my friend. He’s a wealth of information about vision therapy, a field about which I knew very l

Saturday 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Doni will demonstrate pasta-making at The Soroptomists’ “All About Women” event at the Shasta District Fairgrounds’ Trinity Building. Free admission. 

I only have one photo on my refrigerator: May Violet, my twin’s baby granddaughter. May was about 4 months old then. She was dressed in a Santa hat. C - U- T- E! As the first grandbaby born to any of my children or my sisters’ children, May holds a special place in our family where any one of u

Hillary Clinton talks to The New York Times about the cost of health care. In an extensive interview on health policy, Mrs. Clinton said she would like to cap health insurance premiums at 5 percent to 10 percent of income....

So, someone said Barack Obama gave a good speech on the economy today, so I tracked it down to give it a read. Here's a transcript from The New York Times, whose Web site has a funny setup that automatically...

Employees at three Redding businesses were arrested today on suspicion of selling alcohol to a minor in a decoy operation by the Redding Police Department.

“The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust