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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsAfter months of delays and refinement, Shasta County Supervisors have approved funding for an elections experiment in the county meant to improve transparency. -
Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsIn March of last year, voters passed a ballot measure making Shasta a charter county. But officials missed a critical step after that election.
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The Fountain Wind project proposal includes 48 turbines that would generate about 205 megawatts of power. -
The California Secretary of State is accepting public comment on proposed regulations, some of which outline the procedures to hand-count ballots. Those changes are targeted at Shasta County, where an increasingly conservative majority on the board of supervisors voted to start hand-counting future election results. -
The county has been without a CEO since June of last year, when Matt Pontes resigned after a political fight with county Board Chair Patrick Jones. -
Shasta County’s largest bargaining unit will be going on strike on Monday, following an impasse in negotiations with the county over a pay increase. The union represents over 800 county employees across every department. -
After months of confusion about how Shasta County will conduct its elections, county supervisors approved a new company to provide their voting equipment on Thursday. That’s in addition to an effort to hand-count ballots. -
The Gateway Unified School District needs to fill a vacant school board seat, but Shasta County doesn’t currently have a way to hold elections. -
After ditching Dominion Voting Systems in January, Shasta County still doesn’t have a clear way to conduct elections. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to try hand counting every ballot. -
Supervisors in Shasta County delayed hiring Chriss Street on Tuesday as the new County Executive Officer. -
Shasta County is leaving itself without a way to conduct elections for now. The county’s board of supervisors voted Tuesday to look at creating their own voting system. -
The Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday night to discuss the proposal again at its March 14 meeting. -
The Redding school board recently became a focus of attention after its newest members fired the district's long-time superintendent. -
Final vote tallies were announced in Shasta County on Tuesday. The conservative wing of the county board will take an even greater share of control after both of their candidates won.
