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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.

Trinity Public Utilities District customers experienced multiple outages during the holiday weekend. PUD says electricity was shut off to about 1,700 customers due to a combination of the extremely hot weather, increased usage and their electrical system’s new safety protocol. During wildfire season, every fault creates an outage, and...

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...

A fully rewritten bill introduced to the state Legislature toward the end of last month was pulled, ending a debate over copper landline phones and their service providers in areas of California, including Trinity County, that has been going on since last year. The bill, AB 2797, was pulled from...

More world-class musicians are coming to Trinity and Humboldt counties this month, with a series of concerts presented by the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival. Called “CLASSICAL MIXTAPES,” this series of shows will feature selections from some of the greatest hits across eras of music, including elegant classics by Mozart and Haydn, passionate romances by Amy Beach and Clara Schumann, heart-breaking elegies by Anton Arensky and Francis Poulenc, and the full dramatic force of the great Ludwig van Beethoven. The strings will also showcase John Mackey’s piece Wrong Mountain Stomp, which takes a classical string trio and creates a Wild West atmosphere of old-time fiddle music and American folk dances.

Crews at the scene of a grass and brush fire off Dersch Road near Highway 44 reported that there is a fire line built by bulldozer and a firehose line also laid around the entire blaze. The fire was at 50 acres and 5% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. ...

It's a good idea to throw on light and loose clothing, grab your sunglasses, pack plenty of extra water, and to plan on staying indoors this afternoon as you get ready to take on your Friday. High pressure centered off the coast is continuing to build into northern California and will dominate our weather pattern through your extended forecast. Clear to sunny skies, very dry conditions, warm mornings and dangerous afternoon heat are all on the way well into next week. Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect in the valley and foothills through 11pm Tuesday, and in effect through 9pm Monday in the Northern Mountains. A Heat Advisory is in effect in the Sierra and southern Cascades through 11pm Tuesday, and in Modoc County through 9pm Monday. Skies have stayed clear overnight, and we'll have sunny skies today. Temperatures have dipped into the 60's to 70's in the valley and foothills, and 40's to 50's in most mountain zones overnight. North winds to 10mph are expected, and fire danger will remain high as our conditions continue to stay very dry. Record breaking heat is projected across the board for the valley and for many of our higher elevations today. The heat will be dangerous in the afternoon and you're highly encouraged to stay indoors after the mid-morning hours if you can. Valley areas are projected to climb into the 113 to 119 degree range, and our foothill and mountain zones are projected to end up in the mid 90's to around 110 degrees Friday afternoon.

Summer programs and projects serving approximately 10,414 youths across Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Curry counties have received grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 through the Summer Youth Partnership grant program. The collaborative program is supported by the Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation, the Mel & Grace...

TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. — The Trinity Public Utilities District (PUD) website shows that 880 residents are without power Thursday night. The outage spans from Weaverville up to Coffee Creek. There is no estimated time for restoration at this time.

Painter Marjo Wilson Jensen will be singing at the annual 4th of July Artisan and Craft Fair, 2 to 3 p.m. in the Highland Art Center meadow, 691 Main St., in Weaverville. After the Art Walk, when Marjo returns to her hometown of Covelo, her rural-themed art will remain in Trinity County for the month as the featured exhibit of Highland Art Center. Trinity County Arts Council’s Art Walk, held from 5 to 8 p.m. the first Saturday of every month at participating galleries and businesses in Weaverville, will offer a great opportunity to see some of Marjo’s work in person.

Weaverville, California — The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Trinity County from Wednesday, July 3rd at 11:00 AM to Saturday, July 6th at 8:00 PM. Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 115°F are expected. Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for...

It's a good idea to dress in light and loose layers, grab your sunglasses, pack plenty of extra water, and make plans to stay indoors this afternoon as you get ready to head out the door Tuesday. High pressure off the coast is driving our sunny, dry and hotter conditions ahead, and low pressure to our east will leave us with breezy to gusty north winds through Wednesday. A Red Flag Warning for high fire danger is in effect in the valley and foothills through 8pm Wednesday due to the very dry and windy conditions over the next couple of days. Dangerously hot temperatures ahead have prompted an Excessive Heat Warning to go into effect from 11am Tuesday through 8pm Sunday in the valley and foothills. Trinity County will be under an Excessive Heat Warning from 11am Wednesday through 8pm Saturday. Skies have stayed clear overnight, and we'll have sunny skies across the board for northern California today. Temperatures have only dipped into the 70's to 80's in the valley, 70's to low 80's in the foothills, and 50's to lower 60's in our mountain zones early Tuesday morning. North winds to 20mph are expected, and gusts up to 35mph will be possible today. High temperatures are projected to climb into the 105 to 111 degree range in the valley, upper 80's to lower triple digits in the foothills, 80's to mid 90's in the Sierra, and upper 90's to around 105 degrees in the Northern Mountains Tuesday afternoon.

Full Title: Request for Review and/or Waiver of Decision of the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program Administrator by; Trinity County Connectivity Consortium, Trinity County, CA; Establishing Emergency Connectivity Fund to Close the Homework Gap. Document Type:. Order. Bureau(s):. Wireline Competition. Description. WCB addresses a request for review and/or waiver from the...

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — If you're looking for a safe and legal fireworks show this Independence Day, we've got you covered. Opens @ 6 p.m., Fireworks Show @ 10 p.m. Food, Music, and vendors. Anderson Explodes. Wednesday, July 3. Shasta District Fair and Event Center. Admission is free, parking is...

A multi-day heatwave will bring extremely hot weather to interior valleys in Northern California this week. Temperatures are expected to reach 110 degrees for four days straight in Hoopa. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning from 11 a.m. Wednesday to Saturday evening in Weitchpec, Willow Creek, Orleans and Hoopa.

A dedicated recycling collector seems unlikely to return anytime too soon to Trinity County as North State recycling centers face challenges with the state recycling program and highly volatile scrap prices. The closing of the Bigfoot Recycling Center in Weaverville in February left the county without any dedicated recyclers, which...

Congratulations to Trinity Journal Publisher Wayne Agner on being selected grand marshal for this year’s Fourth of July parade. Very well deserved, and yet another reflection of the high caliber of the Journal and its staff. I know so many of us love the Journal and can’t imagine it...

Fireworks are not permitted during private celebrations in Trinity County. All Trinity County fire chiefs agreed to an ordinance banning fireworks, according to a statement by Sup. Ric Leutwyler made before the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the regulation Sept. 19, 2023 (as reported by the Journal in “Board approves snow removal at VFDs, banning fireworks,” Sep. 27, 2023).