San Francisco, CA—The Animal Welfare Institute, Project Coyote and the Center for Biological Diversity are seeking an immediate investigation of Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter for his decision ...

Deputies responded and coordinated a search with multiple agencies. The search included assistance from the Modoc County ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three people in Modoc County, including the wife of the victim, have been accused of murder, Sheriff William "Tex" Dowdy said. The ...

ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in a northern California county near the Oregon border has been shot to death. California Highway Patrol Officer Kristen Wilburn says the ...

A 49-year-old Modoc County man convicted this month of first-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of a Modoc County sheriff's deputy will be sentenced March 18 to life in prison without parole, ...

ALTURAS, Calif. -- A sheriff's deputy in a Northern California county near the Oregon border was shot to death Wednesday while responding to a disturbance call, the Modoc County Sheriff's Office said.