It was on December 2, 1987 that the last issue of the Lassen Advocate rolled off the press. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Russell ordered the shut down of the 122 year-old newspaper. Richard Myers publisher, said, “They just took over, marched in with a locksmith and changed all the locks on the doors and told us to leave.”

Of course, there were the chatter of all arm chair quarterbacks as to what went wrong.  There was debt of new building, now home of the Susanville Police Department. Also, on October 18. 1978 the Lassen County Times made its debut and now the Advocate had competition.

Tim