<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv7630227649"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8929"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8928"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8974"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8973">Oops, a little too much dynamite!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8975" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8975" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.redding.com/news/local/Blasting-closes-Highway-299-on-Buckhorn-Grade-374021061.html" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8983">http://www.redding.com/news/local/Blasting-closes-Highway-299-on-Buckhorn-Grade-374021061.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_8975"><br></div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7719"><strong id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7720">UPDATE 12:25 p.m.</strong></div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7721">Traffic in Highway 299 at Buckhorn Summit will be under one-way traffic control with intermittent full closures as crews clean up a rock slide triggered by a blasting operation.</div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7722"><font id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7876" color="#cd232c">Drivers should expect up to two-hour delays.</font></div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7723">It may take up to two days to remove all the rocks and debris that fell onto the highway, according to Caltrans.</div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7724">The blasting operations are part of an ongoing project to improve the highway.</div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7725"><strong id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7726">Original story:</strong></div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7727">Highway 299 on Buckhorn Summit in western Shasta County has been closed after blasting near the road caused rocks and dirt to roll into the roadway.</div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7728">Emergency dispatchers announced at about 11:15 a.m. that the highway is expected to be closed 2 to 3 hours. One lane is expected to be open in about 30 minutes to emergency traffic only.</div><div style="font-family:Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;line-height:28px;margin:0px auto 18px 291px;max-width:600px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);" dir="ltr" id="yiv7630227649yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459441155896_7729"> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>