The Shasta County Board of Supervisors held its regular meeting on Tuesday morning in Redding. The agenda included presentations from the Fire Safe Council and the Sheriff's Department, as well as a request for studies on senior suicide and homelessness. However, two topics generated the most discussion: continued planning and potential county support for a proposed rural medical school, and a sharp divide over how California should fund its roads as the state shifts toward e

Planning for a medical school that would serve the North State is continuing as the Rural Northern California Medical Education Consortium (the Consortium) gave a brief (8-minute) presentation at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meeting this Tuesday, January 20th. After hearing the presentation by Dr. Paul Dhanuka, Dr. Norman Hall, and Dr. Irene Salter, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to provide them a letter of support for the project, which is an important