A federal commission on wildfires has made extensive policy recommendations to Congress. Among them: putting good fire back in the natural landscape and developing a strong workforce to do so. Also, Shasta County will no longer be moving toward hand counting ballots in the upcoming election, and after the position of health officer sat vacant for nearly a year and half in Shasta County, the board of supervisors voted last week to appoint local family doctor James Mu to the position who notably opposed state COVID-19 mandates during the pandemic.