A wind advisory was issued by the NWS Medford OR on Friday at 12:26 p.m. valid from Saturday 10 a.m. until Sunday 7 a.m. for ...

On Monday at 5:16 a.m. a high wind watch was issued by the NWS Medford OR valid from Tuesday 10 p.m. until Wednesday 4 p.m. for Modoc County.

2004-09-05 04:00:00 PDT Alturas, Modoc County-- Patricia Cantrall, nicknamed the "Annie Oakley of Modoc County," straps her .38 backward on her left hip. "I prefer the cross draw," said the gregarious ...

A Modoc County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Wednesday morning after responding to an assault call outside of Alturas, the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputy Jack Hopkins, 31, was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Sparsely populated Modoc County in ...

ALTURAS (AP) -- Sparsely populated Modoc County in California's northeast corner plans to allow hair salons, churches, restaurants and the county's only movie theater to reopen Friday, becoming the ...

SACRAMENTO (AP) — A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom's statewide orders ...

December 29, 2025 – Alturas Police officials report that a Modoc County man was arraigned on 32 felony counts involving the sexual exploitation of children.

Modoc County, which has fewer than 9,000 residents and reported zero cases of the coronavirus, is set to become the first county in California to ease stay-at-home rules Friday, despite Gov. Gavin ...

A 49-year-old Modoc County man has been convicted by a Sacramento County jury of first-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of Modoc County sheriff's deputy Jack Hopkins, a Superior Court ...

2004-07-04 04:00:00 PDT Bear Camp Flat, Modoc County-- Welcome home, brother. Welcome home, sister. That's the traditional greeting a member of the Rainbow Family of the Living Light receives when ...

Modoc County, in California’s far northeast corner, reported its first two COVID-19 infections Tuesday, which means that all 58 counties in the state have now confirmed at least one case of ...