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Tuesday, June 18 — Heavy equipment operators put dirt on a blaze that broke out at the old Sierra Pacific Industries Mill in Susanville this afternoon. Fire crews, engines and water tenders from multiple agenices are on scene. Traffic control is in place at Riverside Drive. Photo by Sam Williams

Tuesday, June 18 —  County fire agencies  have been dispatched to a reported vegetation fire across the street from the Honey Lake Motocross Park in Milford.

	Terence James, vice-chairman of the Pyramid Lake Paiute, Madeline McIntire and Dennis Smartt, medicine man, gather at the dedication ceremony of the Ram Horn Springs/Numu Summuth campground.
	Gwyndelon Pancho wears a traditional dress of the Kammutakuta Paiute. Photos by Jordan Clary

June 18, 2013 — They’ve been misplaced by research, overlooked in ethnographies, but the Kammutakuta band of Piautes are finally being recognized for their place in history. Friday, June 7, members of the band held an official ceremony on the Smoke Creek Desert. The Ram Horn Springs campground will now share the name, Numu Summuth, which means “people’s gathering.” Although the ceremony was held at the campground, Mace DeLorme said the original sites of the two villages were actually four miles away.

June 18, 2013  — Community members had the opportunity to better understand the operations of the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office during an open house on Wednesday, May 29.

People toured the sheriff’s office, the county jail, dispatch and learned more about boat patrol and coroner duties. Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growdon provided an update on operations and answered questions presented by the public.

He said, “The way I look at it, the sheriff’s office belongs to everyone who lives in the county. I’m just the one who got chosen to manage it right now, and I figure it’s right to open it up and let the people see what we’re doing and give us a chance to receive input from the community, and let them know about some of the projects we’re working on.”