Nine lives were lost and four people were seriously injured in the Aug. 5 crash of a helicopter transporting firefighters in a remote part of Trinity County. The Sikorsky S-61N owned by Carson Helicopters went down at around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, in the Trinity Alps Wilderness at the north end of the Buckhorn Fire, about 15 miles northwest of Junction City. More...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection seeks more than $6.3 million in a lawsuit against the Weaverville Rod & Gun Club and individuals in the club for Cal Fire's costs in fighting and investigating the 2006 Junction Fire that started at the Junction City Rifle Range. More...
Dense smoke that has filtered out sunlight for weeks, along with drought conditions and sub-freezing temperatures that occurred in April and June, have resulted in serious harm to Trinity County's wine grape growers and ranchers, leading the county to proclaim a local emergency and to seek yet another disaster declaration from California's governor, More...
Firefighters are building and burning out firelines south of Big Bar in an effort to stop the Eagle Fire, which jumped containment lines last week. "There's going to be quite a bit of smoke in that area," said Les Russell, fire information officer for the IronAlps Complexes of fires. More...
Willie is a 2-year-old, male Queensland heeler/border collie available for adoption at the Trinity County Animal Shelter. Call Animal Control Officer Christine Edwards at 623-1370. Normal hours for the shelter at the end of Mountain View Street are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The shelter has a web page, www. geocities.com/trctyanshelter. More...
Thanks to those of you who missed my column last week. I'll have to watch this more closely. I did send it, but cyberspace must have sent it who knows where. Here is last week's edition. Some people have watched the program "Burn Notice" and it reminds me of the excuse some people give for not being involved - like "I'm burned out. Can't do this any more. More...
Blue skies and a light wind with no smoke started our Rodeo weekend out with a lot of happy people. This event was on August 1 and 2. Kodi Millsap won the princess contest and Brooke Rodgers won the Queen contest. Sponsors for the Rodeo are the Six Rivers Lions Club and the Ruth Riding and Roping Club. More...
Fred Jensen, 82, of Weaverville, passed away Aug. 11 in Redding after a short illness. He was born in Ferndale and graduated from Ferndale High School. He worked as a lumber grader at lumber mills in Humboldt, Sonoma and Trinity counties. He retired from Trinity River Lumber to work over 20 years with the love of his life, Evelyn Jensen, at Jensen's Nursery until 1993. More...
Shasta College's Legal Assistant Program now provides for transferability of coursework to four-year programs. The Extended Education campus in Trinity will begin offering the new curriculum via the college's interactive television network (ITV). The entire degree program will be offered in the evenings and can be completed in two years. More...
The Weaverville/Douglas City Parks & Recreation District has released the latest adult softball league standings. Men's League On July 29, No Limits played the Papa Dogs sponsored by Ron Mix Masonry and won the game by one point, 6-5. The second game of the night was between the Papa Dogs and HTL-Diamondbacks. More...
Memorial ceremony Sept. 13