ALTURAS, Calif. – A hiker found a dead man on the Eagle Peak Summit Trail on Sunday, July 2. According to the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office, the body was found about 1,000 feet below the summit on the southeast side ...

MODOC COUNTY, Ore. – A series of fires in Northern California are prompting evacuation orders in the area. The July Complex fires were sparked by lightning strikes on the morning of July 22 in Modoc County. The fires have since ...

MODOC COUNTY, Ore. (UPDATE: 07/18 8:15 A.M.)— The Modoc County Sheriffs Office has ordered mandatory evacuations for Tionesta. Mandatory Evacuations have been lifted for: Roads in the Tulelake area south of HWY 139- County Road 120 to 124 County Road ...

Update:  Modoc County District Attorney Sam Kyllo says he’s sticking with a decision not to charge a Tulelake couple with child endangerment. Ramon Zendejas and Mercadies Williams were arrested last week. Police say they found two toddlers in secured cribs ...

Alturas, Cal. – Life in prison – without the possibility of parole. That sentence was handed down Monday in Alturas for a man found ‘guilty’ of shooting and killing a Modoc County Sheriff’s Deputy. The mother of fallen Modoc County ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man found guilty of shooting and killing a Modoc County, California deputy will spend the rest of his life in prison according to THE SACRAMENTO BEE. Deputy Jack Hopkins was responding to a family disturbance call on ...

MODOC COUNTY, Calif. — The Modoc County Sheriff’s Office is remembering one of its own that was killed in the line of duty 2 years ago. On October 19, 2016, Deputy Jack Hopkins responded to a family disturbance call. When ...

TULELAKE, Calif. – A Modoc County teen was arrested after allegedly making a threatening post involving a gun on social media. Tulelake Police Chief Tony Ross said he learned of the threat Sunday afternoon. “We received a report from the ...

Alturas, Cal. – The man accused of shooting and killing a Modoc County Sheriff’s Deputy is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on death penalty charges. Jack Lee Breiner will be charged with ‘willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder’, as well as ...

Yreka, Calif. — Hundreds of people gathered across Northern California on Saturday, to pay their respects to deputy Jack Hopkins, 31, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this week. The procession started in Alturas and traveled to ...

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