On this date, forty years ago, the Lassen County Times made its debut. At the helm was Martin Hickel, editor, Margie Teeter, city editor and yours truly penned a column entitled “Historic Moments.’
Some of the headline news was the rate hike hearings for CPN, then the local electric company. Congressman Harold “Bizz” Johnson was about to pay the community a visit. Then, there was the ongoing saga over the logging of the Westwood Cemetery.