Dr. Raul Ruiz appears to have defeated six term incumbent Mary Bono Mack to become the Hill’s new congressional representative. With some ballots still to be counted, Ruiz holds a narrow lead, approximately 5,000 votes, and appears poised to become the representative of the new 36th Congressional district, which also now has a very slight…

LaMont spent nearly three weeks in Klamath back country stopping fire Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. The Salmon August Complex burned from July into August. Several local firefighters were part of the thousands who fought the fire during the late summer. Firefighters focus on three conditions when they are battling a…

Highway 243 is closed from Banning to Highway 74. However, residents north of McGovern Road in Pine Cove with ID can enter at Banning, according to the Cranston Fire Incident Management Team. Highway 74 is closed from the city of Hemet to Highway 371 at Paradise Corner.