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Judy Morris of Weaverville will be the next supervisor for Trinity County's District 2 after fending off a write-in campaign by John Hall. Morris garnered 52 percent of the vote with 622 casting ballots for her. There were 475 write-in votes, totaling 40 percent. 460 of those write-ins were for H... More...

Hayfork High's running back Donald Ferguson catches a pass over the head of a teammate Saturday in Red Bluff during a by BILL BROSCHAT game with Mercy High. The contest in rain ended with Hayfork losing 20-2. See story on page 7. More...

None of the local ballot measures for special taxes in areas of Trinity County received the two-thirds vote needed to pass. In the Weaverville/Douglas City Parks and Recreation District, the vote for Measure U was 1,167 in favor and 1,031 opposed - a majority but far short of the two-thirds requ... More...


A fox that bit a man who was sleeping outdoors in Junction City has tested positive for rabies. The incident was reported Oct. 28. The man had been sleeping outside in a sleeping bag in the area of the Chagdud Gonpa Buddhist center by Red Hill Road when the fox attacked, said county Animal Contro... More...


Rep. Wally Herger appeared to be on the road to a 12th term Tuesday night, although he faced a Democratic opponent from Trinity County in a competition that was stiffer than usual. In Trinity County, Herger's opponent, Jeff Morris of Weaverville, did win. Here Morris got 3,540 votes (57 percent),... More...


Voters in the Mountain Communities Healthcare District opted to return two incumbents to the district's board of directors. With two seats open and three candidates, voters decided to retain incumbents Carol Bethke and Jerry Cousins. Bethke received 2,875 votes (39 percent), followed by Cousins w... More...


Lucy and Desi are 6-month-old, Australian shepherd mixes available for adoption at the Trinity County Animal Shelter. Call ACO Christine Edwards at 623-1370. 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 webpage, www.geo... More...
Now that the election is over and the dust will finally settle, I wonder how I will entertain myself without all the drama of the news media. I have acquired a serious two-houra day addiction to CNN and ABC in order to track the daily surprises and absurdities of political campaigning. More...
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Trinity County Food Bank, Coffee Creek/Trinity Center area @ Community Church, 11 a.m. to 12 noon. 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. More...
We experienced "Grace of the Sun" to "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" this week, and the rain kept falling all weekend, stopping intermittently for trickor treaters Friday night. If you were downtown, you saw some elaborate Halloween costumes on tricksters of all ages. More...
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are seeking nominations for the following three positions on the 11-member Pacific Southwest Region California Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC): Winter motorized recreation such as snowmobiling; hunting and fishing; and motorized o... More...
Geographic Information Systems Day is Wednesday, Nov. 19 and will be celebrated at the Shasta College Health Sciences and University Center in downtown Redding from 1 to 5 p.m. Geographic information systems and other geospatial technologies have become commonplace, with the use of GPS (global po... More...
Jamie Curry got first place in the NFL Youth Punt, Pass, Kick competition in Redding in September and again in October, which moves her on to a competition Nov. 2 in Oakland and to the Oakland vs. Falcons game in the afternoon. If she gets first place on Sunday, she gets three all-expenses paid ti... More...
Beverly (Jody) Erath, 75, of El Cajon and formerly of Hayfork and Junction City, passed away on Sunday, November 2. Services will be held at El Cajon-Lakeside- Santee Mortuary & Cremation Service, El Cajon, from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, November 8. A memorial fund will be established. More...

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