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Sept. 8, 2010 — The Lassen County Local Area Formation Commission will receive a presentation from project representatives and staff from the city of Susanville at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 regarding the possible annexation by the city of an uninhabited one-square mile area off Skyline Road at the southeastern corner of Lassen Community College.

Read more: Commission holds workshop to discuss possible annexation by the city of Susanville

Violence flared on Labor Day at a medium security federal prison located in Herlong, about 50 miles south of Susanville.

The Federal Correctional Institute, Herlong remains on lockdown as of Wednesday, Sept. 8 as correctional officers investigate the cause of a melee that broke out in the prison’s recreation yard about 1:35 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6, according to Elosia DeBruler, an executive assistant at the prison.

Read more: Inmates, officers injured in federal prison melee

Sept. 7, 2010 — A combination of several factors at a recent fire on the edge of the city limits led the Susanville City Council to begin discussing the implementation of a policy that would partially regulate use of the city’s water supply by other local fire agencies.   

The city’s Public Works Department was scrambling to fix a water supply problem on July 22 when a rock broke a piece of pipeline below the brake check area on Highway 36, which caused a lot of water to start pouring out of the Cady Springs water line.

Read more: City discusses water policy for local fire agencies

Sept. 7, 2010 — Mentally ill residents served by the Lassen County Mental Heath Department may soon have a new housing option — if the county can obtain an exemption from state regulations.  

By a 3-2 vote, the Lassen County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution on Tuesday, Aug. 24 seeking an exemption from changes to the way funds used to provide housing for the mentally ill in the county are allocated.

Read more: Board wants control over money to house mentally ill residents