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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The Corning Police Department Tuesday welcomed its newest police dispatcher and records clerk to the team, Trisha Duncan, introduced by Chief Jer- emiah Fears at the City Council meeting. "I'm excited to have her here," Fears said. "She will be a great as- set to the city of Corning and our department." Duncan will be attending a challenging dispatch training program at the department over the next few months to prepare for her new position with the de- partment. Duncan calls Corning her hometown and graduated Corn- ing High School in 1996, along- side Fears. She spends a lot of her CORNING Po li ce department we lc om es n ew dispatcher Staff Reports OROVILLE The Hyatt Power- house under Oroville Dam went back online Friday after removal of debris from the bottom of the main Oroville Dam spillway al- lowed the level of the Diversion Pool to be reduced. Acting Department of Water Resources Director Bill Croyle said in a press conference at noon Friday that two of the six turbines were in operation and that the power plant would be ramped up as the day went along. Croyle said one of the six turbines is under maintenance. An estimated 1.7 million cubic- yards of debris piled up in the Di- version Pool after a gaping hole opened in the concrete floor of the spillway on Feb. 7. The debris OROVILLE DAM Power plant back online Excavationofdebris allows water level in Diversion Pool to drop low enough By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County's un- employment rate increased by 0.9 percent in January to 7.6 percent, according to data released Friday by the California Employment De- velopment Department. In January there were 25,520 people in the labor work force in the county. Of those, 23,590 were employed and 1,930 were unem- ployed. That's 980 more people in thelaborworkforce,750morepeo- ple employed and 230 more people unemployed. The data are not sea- sonally adjusted. Tehama County is ranked 36th out of the 58 counties in the state, down one spot in a month. The Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium re- gion or the North State, which in- cludesButte,DelNorte,Lassen,Ne- vada, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Si- erra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity countiesisranked33thoutof46re- gionsinthestatewith307,000peo- pleinthelaborworkforce,284,500 employed and 22,600 unemployed inJanuary.Theunemploymentrate forthesecountiestotals7.3percent, 0.8percenthigherthanDecember's rate. The data shows a 13.3 percent decrease in mining and logging jobs and a 9.5 percent decease in federalgovernmentjobsinJanuary. In California there were 19,082,500peopleinthelaborwork force, 18,033,300 people were em- ployed and 1,049,200 were unem- ployed. That's 110,300 fewer peo- ple in the labor work force in the state, 195,300 people fewer people employed and 85,000 more people unemployed in January. The total unemployment rate for the state is 5.5, up 0.5 percent in a month. In the United States the unem- ployment rate increased by 0.6 to 5.1 percent in January. The counties with the lowest unemployment rate in January re- mained San Mateo at 2.9 percent and tied for second is Marin and San Francisco counties at 3.2 per- cent. The counties with the highest unemployment rate are Colusa County at 23.6 percent, Imperial County at 19.6 percent and Plumas County at 13.2 percent in January. The unemployment rate for the countiesnearTehamaCountywere Butte at 7.1 percent, Shasta at 7.5 percent and Glenn County at 9.7 percent unemployed. All of which increased in unemployed persons. UNEMPLOYMENT JoblessrateincreasesinJanuary By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter OROVILLE There was never a doubt the Corning Cardi- nals were a special team this year, but Friday afternoon at Butte College they proved they were champions with a domi- nant win over the No. 2 seed Pierce Bears 54-34 to go 29-0 on the year and win the Divi- sion 4 title. "Feels amazing, you start on day one with section title or bust after losing here by three points last year and having most of your team back it was do or die," coach Kurt Wilkins said. "This was it. I even said on the first day of practice, 'I'm not saying we have to go unde- feated but our goal is to have the best season in school his- tory.' Well, 29 wins is a record, we got a section title (so) the only thing we have left is to win a state playoff game." After an impressive come- back win Wednesday over the West Valley Eagles, overcom- ing a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals made it look easy in the title game, jumping up by 10 in the first period and leading by 20 or more most of the second half. There were some initial jit- ters on both sides of the ball before the Bears got on the board first after nearly two minutes of scoreless play. The teams traded baskets before a Marco Tapia three-pointer and a Corey Busta layup pulled the Cardinals ahead. Foul shots from Austin Mishoe and Noah Zoppi, who also hit a three, put the Cardinals on top 16-6 by the end of the first. It was more of the same in the second, with Brendan Hoag and Daniel Vazquez get- ting in on the action, and the Cards went on an 11-2 run to lead 31-14 at the half. The Cards were flawless from the line in the first half, with Hoag, Zoppi and Mishoe BASKETBALL CARDS ARE CHAMPIONS Corning'sAustinMishoegoestotherimFridaya ernoonagainstPierce at Butte College. Calendar..........A2 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Farm ................A8 Sports.............. B1 Church.............B4 Index............... ## INDEX Have a great day, Robert Jones GOOD MORNING President Trump continues his campaign to promote choice in education. His most recent visit was to Florida. PAGEB10 EDUCATION TrumpheadstoFlorida, tours private school Rod Rowenstein has creds to blunt criticism as he looks to lead probe into Russian elec- tion actions. 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