The Right Person for the Right Job. Sometimes the right person for the job is someone who already knows the community, understands its challenges, and has spent years working to make a difference. That certainly appears to be the case with Jeannie Armstrong, Colusa County’s newly appointed Director of Behavioral Health Services.

There's something exhausting about city life. The traffic, the crowds, and the rising cost of living. Rural California offers a different way of living, and Colusa County is a wonderful example of what makes it special.

"Wicked" isn't just a story about witches and magic; it's a testament to the resilience of the spirit. Elphaba, despite being ostracized...

Exercise is a life-altering addition to any treatment program. Exercise provides a “natural high” by flooding the body with endorphins.

Science says swearing can reduce stress, manage pain, and even make your brain feel slightly less like it’s being shredded alive. So yeah—sometimes yelling “holy shitballs” is literally therapeutic.

I wish I had some story to tell you about my horrible, abusive, and neglected childhood. But I don’t. I came from a normal family.

2028: Zombies everywhere! Luckily, this guide covers the essentials — like outrunning your fittest friend, navagating support groups (and zombie sponsors), and keeping your home free of the walking dead.

Dating in a world soaked in alcohol need not stop you from making a genuine connection with another person on a sober first date.

What began as a cultural attitude among younger Americans has become a measurable $830 billion earthquake across the global alcohol market.

For many professionals in demanding careers, long-term recovery isn’t a spectacle or a struggle to broadcast. It’s quietly mastered, integrated into routines, personal relationships, and work rhythms

Flock Safety is one of the fastest-growing public safety technologies in the United States. More than 5,000 communities and 4,500 law enforcement agencies now use its automated license plate reader.

"We facilitate weekly community support groups at the Thryve Day Center and socialize afterwards," says founder of Colusa County Recovery. "Are all welcome."

Sometimes the music stays with us forever... This story was written by Susan Wagenaar in loving memory of Zipper, her beloved cat, who passed away in June 2026.

Methamphetamine had been a cruel thief, pilfering everything Jason held dear: his apartment, his steady job, close ties with his family and the love of his girlfriend . . .

I didn’t rob a bank. I didn’t fight anybody. I didn’t steal a car, a bike, or even a damn shopping cart. No. I got busted for something way dumber. . . .a grome that did not ask to be saved.

Dating someone sober? Have a conversation to set some ground rules. This is vital for any relationship in which one person is in recovery and the other is not.

Colusa County's Board of Supervisors is tackling homelessness in all its forms — from people living in cars to families in motel rooms, with a focus on solutions that work.

Colusa County is about to get slammed by a battle between two completely opposite ways of handling homeless funding.

A Wild West Guide to overcoming sobriety’s most dangerous species Karen's: The self-appointed boss of recovery meetings. (sic).

We first wrote about James in July, when he had already been homeless for nine months. Today, more than a year into homelessness in Colusa County, he remains unhoused .