Shasta County

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week

A new state assessment of a proposed wind turbine project in Shasta County found that the project isn’t critical enough to override county law.

The elections clerk in Shasta County is resigning at the end of April. He was appointed less than a year ago after the previous clerk stepped down.

Shasta County’s old courthouse building is going to be demolished. That’s after a vote by county supervisors on Tuesday.

It violates state law for a school board member in Shasta County to hold two seats at the same time, according to a recent cease and desist letter from the California Teachers Association.

Public safety agencies in Shasta County say they don’t have enough resources to do their job. The county Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Thursday to learn more.

Shasta County supervisors voted Tuesday to hire a new health care consultant to help address the shortage of providers in the county. But the person they chose has a controversial history.

Shasta County supervisors will vote to approve two letters on Tuesday asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate issues with their elections system.

20 different nonprofits and government agencies presented at a Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to ask for their slice of nearly $40 million in opioid settlement dollars.

As of Friday afternoon, more than half of the ballots cast in Shasta County have yet to be counted. A printing issue with some of the ballots has significantly slowed down the process.

A tough battle for one seat on the Shasta County Board of Supervisors could decide who controls the board next year.

Shasta County supervisors hired an elections chief without experience just months before the election. He’s already falling out of favor.