With the West Connector shot down, Caltrans ponders future improvements
By SALLY MORRIS
Last week's action by Trinity County supervisors to drop the proposed construction of a West Connector roadway around Weaverville was a topic of discussion the next day when Caltrans District 2 staff presented the board with a draft update of the agency's 20-year concept plan for State Highway 299. More...
A large group of suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala was arrested in Junction City the evening of May 19 in the largest operation of its kind in Trinity County, the Trinity County Sheriff's Department said. The group had been camping on U.S. More...
Like every other county in California, Trinity is wondering what comes next after voters last week soundly rejected five out of six budget propositions aimed at reducing the state's deficit now projected to reach $21.3 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1. More...
Averages Rain for week: 0.00 Rain to date for year starting July 1, 2008: 17.98 Weather a year ago Average High 94 Low 50 Rain to date: 28.07 On May 25, 2009, Trinity Lake was up 0.64 feet from the preceding week. The lake level was 85.09 feet from the crest. More...
Last week the Trinity Journal published more nonsense from Terry Lee Van Dien, a resident of New Mexico. Once again, Van Dien is so far off base with his facts that it would be laughable were he not slandering the county and senior officials in our local government. More...
THURSDAY, MAY 28 Domestic Violence Support Group, Weaverville. Call HRN at 623-2024 for meeting time and place and for further information. Trinity Family Medical Group, free blood pressure clinic, all day, except noon to 2 p.m. More...
Aries is a neutered 1-year-old Labrador retriever/pit bull cross 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 Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shelter has a Web page at www.geocities.com/trctyanshelter. More...
Harry Israel Dietrick Jr., 80, of Eagle Point, Ore., passed away May 14, 2009, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was born in Yreka Jan. 19, 1929. He was schooled in Jacksonville and Ruch, Ore., and graduated from high school in Dunsmuir, Calif. In 1967 he moved back to Oregon, where he resided for the past 42 years. More...
The Trinity River Lumberjacks have fielded a team with players from Hoopa, Redding, Junction City and Weaverville. This is a woodbat, semi-pro team, of players over age 18 playing as a Northern Independent Baseball League (NCIB). More...
Jamie L. Haynes, daughter of Bill and Julie Haynes of Covington Mill, recently graduated summa cum laude from Humboldt State University with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She has been awarded a fellowship to the University of Notre Dame where she will begin earning a Ph.D. in counseling psychology in August. More...
Scott Minor and Scott Harrison were the Timberjacks' big winners in the Division IV Track and Field fi- nals at West Valley on May 22. Minor won two events and Harrison won one and finished fourth and sixth in two others to lead Hayfork to a sixth-place finish. More...
CHP commander promotes public outreach