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

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 ...

ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities were expected to release details Thursday about how a deputy responding a roadside disturbance call in Northern California was shot to death a day earlier - becoming ...

ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities were expected to release details Thursday about how a deputy responding a roadside disturbance call in Northern California was shot to death a day earlier — becoming ...

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 ...

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The man suspected of fatally shooting a Modoc County Sheriff’s deputy Wednesday was identified on as Jack Lee Breiner, 47, of Alturas, Modoc County Undersheriff William Tex Dowdy said in a press ...

CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. ALTURAS — In the far northeastern reaches of California, where Oregon and Nevada meet, lies Modoc County, a place so ...

Modoc County, in California's northeast corner, plans to reopen its schools, hair salons, churches, restaurants and the county's only movie theater Friday Sparsely populated Modoc County, in ...

A Modoc County sheriff’s deputy was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence. The deputy, Erik Ryan VonRader, 37, of Alturas, has since been placed on administrative leave ...

ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities were expected to release details Thursday about how a deputy responding a roadside disturbance call in Northern California was shot to death a day earlier — becoming ...