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The Orion

Country Pumpkins sign located in Orland, California. Photo credit: Brian Luong

Halloween Special: Orion does a haunted corn maze

Alex Coba // October 31, 2019

Reporters Angel Ortega, Rayanne Painter and Alex Coba survived the Haunted Corn Maze at Country Pumpkins in Orland. Spooks included: actors destroying a car with a bat and several gory characters running...

Orland woman suspected of assaulting, threatening mother

Orland woman suspected of assaulting, threatening mother

Josiah Nicholl // March 26, 2018

Police reported Monday they are currently searching for a woman suspected of assaulting her mother and burglarizing her home. In a release, the Orland Police Department reported that they were dispatched...

Social media forgets tragedies too fast

Matt Murphy // April 22, 2014
The Orland bus crash quickly dominated social media before disappearing completely.
CHP officers and members of the National Transportation Safety Board measure the stopping distance of a bus similar to the one involved in the Orland bus crash. Photo credit: Sharon Martin

Orland crash still under investigation

Sharon Martin // April 21, 2014
The California Highway Patrol conducted a simulation Thursday of the Orland bus crash to find a cause for the accident.
Orland residents look on Thursday as emergency personnel clean up the accident. Photo credit: Sharon Martin

10 dead from bus crash

Sharon Martin // April 11, 2014
A Humboldt State staff member was one of the casualties from Thursday's accident in Orland.
The scene of the accident on Interstate 5 in Orland. Photo credit: Sharon Martin

Crash leaves 9 dead

Sharon Martin // April 10, 2014
A tour bus carrying high school students from the Los Angeles area collided with a semi truck on Interstate 5 near Orland.
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