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July 30, 2008
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Accident kills firefighter, 18
By AMY GITTELSOHN
A young firefighter from Port Townsend, Wash., died Friday after he was struck by a falling tree while working on the Eagle Fire near Junction City. National Park Service firefighter Andrew Jackson Palmer, 18, from the Olympic National Park headquartered in Port Angeles, Wash., died en route to a... More...
Fair canceled

The 2008 Trinity County Fair scheduled for Aug. 22 - 24 has been canceled, with the exception of the Junior Livestock Show and Sale that will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, as scheduled. More...

Firefighting technique questioned
By AMY GITTELSOHN

Oppressive smoke, mandatory evacuations, and a firefighting strategy that itself carries some risk has some Trinity County residents questioning the decisions being made with the fires that continue to burn in the county. Smoke from the firefighter set burnouts is ruining summer, said Paul Lehfel... More...

 News
•Sheriff's Report
The Trinity County Sheriff's Department received the following calls from July 21 to 27: July 21 - Medical aid is requested for a 19-year-old with possible alcohol poisoning. A caller reports logging activity on Browns Mountain Road wakening him due to use of jake brakes. More...
•Weather and Lake Report
•Home destroyed in blaze
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 Opinion
•Fire policy is too timid
In response to the letters in Feedback submitted by Mr. Fattig on July 9 and Mr. Rapf on July 16, there is no one person or group to be blamed for the large-scale fires experienced in the Western states in recent years. The policies and changes in the agencies that manage the public lands have len... More...
•Breathing a toxic stew
•'Let it burn' is wrong
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 Calendar
•Community Calendar
THURSDAY, JULY 31 Trinity Family Medical Group, free blood pressure clinic, all day, except noon-2 p.m. Planned Parenthood, Weaverville, 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trinity Lake Lions, I.O.O.F. Hall, Trinity Center, 7 p.m. Hayfork Lions Club, Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m. More...
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 Arts
•The show goes on with Fire Stomp
About 300 adults and children attended the one-night "Trinity Fire Stomp" concert held at Lee Fong Park in Weaverville on Saturday. The one night-event was held to help make up for the cancellation of the twoday Trinity Tribal Stomp. The Tribal Stomp was to be held at the Junction City Park, now ... More...
•Time for Comedy Night
•Fiber art show at the Highland
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 Community
•Looking for a home
Lucky, an 11-month-old, female shepherd/pit bull mix, brindle with a white chest, was rescued from a wildfire. She is 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 Str... More...
•Golden Age Center News
•Big Creek meeting
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 Sports
•Hayfork fishing derby results
The banks of Ewing Reservoir in Hayfork were lined with children and their families Sunday during the annual Hayfork Lions Club Fishing Derby. Most of the kids, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, used orange Power Bait to pull in nearly 60 trout (averaging 8-10 inches) that had been stocked four... More...
•Softball league standings
•Smoking hot
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 Obituaries
•LEONARD E. WHEELER
Leonard E. Wheeler, 67, of Weaverville died July 28 at his home after an extended illness. He was born Sept. 11, 1940, in Washington, Pa. In 1947, his family moved to Anchorage, Alaska, and then in 1953 moved to Cordova, Alaska, where he graduated from high school and became a commercial fisherman.... More...
•ANTONIO B. TREVINO
•MICHAEL SMITH
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