Pastor returns to roots to co-star in faith-based movie, ‘No Greater Love’
After a 20-year career as a working actor in Hollywood, Weaverville’s First Baptist Church pastor Jay Underwood thought he had given all that up to become a fulltime minister when he moved here two and a half years ago. More...
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors last week extended a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries within any commercial or industrial zoning districts throughout the county. The purpose of the temporary ban is to allow more time for the county Planning Commission to weigh possible regulations the county might impose on marijuana storefronts. More...
A handful of Trinity County residences have gone solar in the last year, thanks in part to a solar power incentive payment from the Trinity Public Utilities District that is the highest in the state.
Today the utility district board will reconsider the largesse, which came about more in self-defense than out of a desire to fund solar power in Trinity County. More...
A Hayfork woman has died after being injured in a Jan. 12 vehicle accident.
Betty Johnson, 79, died Jan. 14 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CHP spokesman Brian Capelle said.
The night of the accident, Johnson was the passenger in a Ford Taurus driven by 72-year-old Martha Beymer, also of Hayfork. More...
Our Christmas tree is finally undecorated, disassembled and put away for another season. We reluctantly purchased this fake tree a few years ago when I realized that my days of trekking through the forest to find the perfect live specimen were numbered. More...
I thought I had seen all the venues in Trinity County, but I just learned about The Unseen Arena in Hayfork. In 2005 they had their first concert with Ronnie Montrose. The terraced hillside can hold up to 3,500 people. They are already planning a concert for this summer at the arena, “Wild Child” and others. This is a re-creation of a live Doors concert. More...
If you like the music at Mamma Llama, grab this week’s Advertiser for a schedule of upcoming performers. There are plenty of great shows planned over the next few months. Clip out the schedule so you don’t miss any of them. More...
Above, guest storyteller Doris Lewis reads to children and their parents during Weaverville Library’s monthly program on Jan. 13. The theme, appropriately for winter, was snow. More...
Jan. 21, 2010
Two old, bloated stars known as red giants are in good view tonight. Aldebaran, the "eye" of the bull, is high in the southeast at nightfall. Pollux, one of the twins of Gemini, is in the east, above the planet Mars. Like Mars, both stars look orange. More...
Macy Fackrell, a 2009 Trinity High School graduate, was placed on the Arizona State University Dean’s List for the 2009 fall semester. Fackrell is the daughter of Paul and Nicole Fackrell of Weaverville. More...
Word’s out that Trinity and Hayfork high schools are both looking for a few good men to once again don football uniforms and meet each other on the field next fall in a competition of rivals aimed at raising funds for school athletics. More...
Caltrans has the following projects scheduled through October:
. On Highway 299, from 1.5 miles to 2.5 miles east of Burnt Ranch, pavement widening continues from 6 a.m. to 5 p m. Long-term one-way traffic control will be in place with up to five-minute delays. More...
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