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The Trinity Journal placed eight times in seven 2023 California Journalism Awards categories, according to contest results formally announced Saturday, July 13, by the California News Publishers Association at its annual gala held this year in Universal City. “Even working short-staffed most of the past year-plus, we’re thrilled our hard-working...

From friendly competitions to fun runs to the inaugural cannonball contest at Lowden Park Pool, the long Fourth of July weekend provided an opportunity for fun for everyone. The 2nd annual Trinity Alps Pickleball Club’s 4th of July tournament had a great turnout with 28 players showing up and playing in the heat. Registration fees went to the Trinity Alps Pickleball Club. Trinity High School Volleyball senior Gracie Varney was there selling T-shirts as a fundraiser for her Feather River team camp coming up. The THS volleyball team got to set up its new popup that was bought with grant money from the Humboldt Foundation and the Dan Holthaus Scholarship fund.

Thanks again to RA Barnes for the June 26 letter to the editor urging the citizens of Trinity County to stand up for paper ballots. To refresh everyone’s memory, on Jan. 24 Dr. Frank did not disappoint the large, diverse group of people who attended his presentation at the Trinity Alps Golf Course Restaurant in Weaverville about returning to paper ballots.

The US National Weather Service in Eureka, California, has issued a warning for potential dry thunderstorms across Trinity, Mendocino, and Lake counties today. While these storms are most likely to occur in the higher terrain, they could also appear in other areas.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties, starting Wednesday, July 10. These measures aim to prevent wildfires and will be effective until further notice. The restrictions supplement the BLM’s year-round statewide fire prevention order.

It's a good idea to keep wearing light clothing, grabbing your sunglasses, packing plenty of extra water, and to plan on staying indoors after early this morning as you get ready to take on your Thursday. Areas of high pressure are continuing to surround northern California, and will drive our dry and dangerously hot conditions into this weekend. The latest projections are now keeping high temperatures dangerously hot into Saturday, and some areas have now had the Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories extended through Saturday Night. We could be seeing those warnings and advisories extended into Saturday across our entire region at some point today. Currently the Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect through 8pm Friday in the valley and foothills, and through 9pm Saturday in Trinity County and the western zones of Siskiyou County. Heat Advisories are currently set to remain in effect through 8pm Friday in the Sierra and Cascades, but that advisory has now been extended through 9pm Saturday in Modoc County. Skies have stayed clear overnight, but some hazy conditions have settled into our northern zones from wildfire smoke overnight. We'll have sunny skies and very dry conditions today. Temperatures are starting out in the 70's in the valley and foothills, and in the 50's for most mountain zones Thursday morning. We're starting out with mostly light winds out of the northeast this morning, but will have south winds to 15mph this afternoon. High temperatures will range from 108 to 114 degrees in the valley, 90's to lower triple digits in the foothills and Sierra, and upper 90's to around 107 degrees in the Northern Mountains Thursday afternoon.

“We are not just in a fire season, but we are in a fire year,” said CALFIRE Director and Fire Chief Joe Tyler in a press conference Wednesday. “We have burned 197,000 more acres this year than we did last year,” said Tyler, “in the last 24 hours across the state there have been 44 new wildland fires, and between July 4th and July 5th, 227 additional wildland fires.”

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — Starting on Wednesday, seasonal fire restrictions go into effect for all public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. This means no building, maintaining, attending, or using any open fire, camp fire, charcoal barbecue, or stove anywhere outside of designated fire-use campsites.

Press release from the North Coast Air Quality Management District:. Currently, the Shelly Fire located in Siskiyou County, Klamath National Forest is bringing some Moderate smoke impacts (24hr avg AQI) along the Highway 96 corridor and river drainages due to nighttime and morning inversions. Conditions are expected to remain Moderate in impacted areas for the next several days. Overall, Good air quality conditions are expected along the coast.

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — The haze from the Shelly, Siskiyou fire is apparent from most areas in the Northstate. While the scattering of light on the dust particles makes for widespread colorful sunsets, the haze negatively affects the air quality. Air Quality District Manager, Rob Stahl said although you can...

It's a good idea to briefly open up your windows as you dress in light clothing, grab your sunglasses and pack extra water before you head out the door Tuesday. A dominant ridge of high pressure is centered to our northwest, and an additional ridge is off the coast to our southwest. Both of these ridges are driving our sunshine, dry conditions and very hot temperatures on tap for the remainder of this week. A weak trough of low pressure is tracking into our region, and that will usher in south winds in the afternoons over the next couple of days. Excessive Heat Warnings have now been extended through 8pm Friday in the valley and foothills, and through 9pm Friday in Trinity County and western Siskiyou County due to the dangerously hot temperatures on tap for the next several afternoons. Heat Advisories are also in effect for the Sierra, Cascades and Modoc County through Friday night. These warnings could be extended further into Saturday as the latest projections are leaving us with temperatures only falling by a couple of degrees from Friday into early this weekend. We've had clear skies with some hazy conditions overnight, and will stay sunny but slightly hazy through the day. Temperatures have dipped into the 60's to 70's in the valley and foothills, and 50's in most mountain zones overnight. Winds are light and out of the east this morning, but will pick up out of the southeast to 15mph this afternoon. High temperatures are projected to climb into the 103 to 110 degree range in the valley, 90's to around 100 degrees in the foothills and Sierra, and 90's to around 105 degrees in the Northern Mountains this afternoon.

REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is issuing fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. The seasonal fire restrictions will be in place to help prevent wildfires and will remain in effect until further notice. "Recognizing...

Last week saw as many as 2,000 North State residents without power as PG&E conducted its first large-scale public safety power shutoff across the state. No further shutoffs are forecasted for this week and Trinity County has so far been spared of public safety power shutoffs. Last month’s Trinity Public Utilities District Board of Directors meeting minutes, with an updated Wildfire Mitigation Plan, was presented that laid out exactly when and how it could happen within the district.

Whew! What generosity! The community really came together to support the 2024 Indian Valley Summer Camp this year. The Watershed Research and Training Center would like to thank our generous sponsors including Amei’s Hmong Kitchen LLC, Tangle Blue Saloon, Merchants Mall, ACE Hardware, Hayfork Valley Cooperative, Let’s Roll, First Impressions Salon, One Thing Ranch, Rustic Crumble, Mountain Chiropractic, Trinity County Title Company, Trinity River Lumber Company, and Trinity Nursery and Gift Shop, along with multiple other donors who wished to remain anonymous, for their help in making this year’s camp a huge success.

The Bureau of Land Management has issued fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino counties. These seasonal fire restrictions, which began Wednesday, July 3, are in place to help prevent wildfire and will remain in effect until further notice. These restrictions are in addition to the BLM year-round statewide fire prevention order also in effect until further notice.

The Superior Court of California, county of Trinity, is now recruiting for the 2025 civil grand jury. The civil grand jury consists of 19 citizens who investigate citizen complaints relating to local government agencies. Qualifications to be a grand juror are U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older, a...

Trinity County residents helped extinguish several spot fires on Oregon Mountain and Buckhorn Summit after motorists observed boat chains sparking on pavement. Incorrectly sized or attached utility and boat trailer chains dragging cause hundreds of fires a year.