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The Plumas County Board of Supervisors voted in July to bring telehealth psychiatry to Plumas County.
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The California Department of Justice is investigating Butte County for potentially violating state voting laws. Also, Plumas County will use juvenile detention centers in Butte County after California turned responsibility to detaining youths over to local governments, and this summer marks the 59th year the Yurok Tribe is holding its Klamath Salmon Festival. But this year, there won’t be any salmon served because of low salmon stocks.
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The Plumas County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to spend nearly half a million dollars on telehealth psychiatry for Dixie Fire survivors but some say the money would be wasted since internet connection is hard to come by in the area. Also, you wouldn’t think Californians smoking less could be a bad thing for kids here but the state’s key early childhood services get a big chunk of their funding from taxes on tobacco, and we turn to a sports medicine expert for how to stay cool and active in this week’s recent extreme heat.
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PG&E begins undergrounding power lines in Plumas. Also, the University of California is moving to allow the hiring of undocumented students, and a proposed deal to reduce water use from the Colorado River.
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Feather River College is the latest of California's community colleges to get approval for a bachelor's degree program.
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The Butte County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the PG&E Fire Victim Trust to ask for lower attorney fees for vulnerable Camp Fire survivors. Also, politicians in the North State are lobbying for a federal bill that would provide tax relief for victims of wildfires, and the National Weather Service is forecasting possible snow in lower elevations in the northern Sacramento Valley.
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PG&E is burying power lines in Plumas County in the aftermath of the Dixie Fire. Also, the town of Paradise plans to reopen a portion of Honey Run Road that was damaged in the Camp Fire, and California student test scores provide further evidence of how the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt learning.
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NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Taletha Washburn, executive director of Plumas Charter School, about their efforts to recover and rebuild over the last year.
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Plumas Charter School is on the road to recovery after the Dixie Fire destroyed its school in Greenville last August. Also, a recent report indicates smoke from prescribed burns likely doesn’t pose as many health risks as smoke from wildfires, and California lawmakers are using their last week in session to address the state’s housing crisis.
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An investigative journalist in Chico has won access to hundreds of records in Chico police shootings. Also, officials say cost is a barrier to recovery for survivors in the North Complex burn scar, and a PG&E power outage is planned for today in parts of Yuba, Butte and Plumas counties.