Hayfork News

The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District issued an Air Quality Alert on 6-30-08 11:00am for the following areas: Junction City, Helena, Big Bar, Willow Creek, Burnt Ranch, Hoopa , Somes Bar, ...

Meteorologists are warning that another lightning salvo this weekend is likely to spark more fires, even as fire crews struggle to get a grip on the ones already burning around Northern California.

Firefighters took advantage of relatively low temperatures and light winds in most areas to make progress on wildfires sparked Friday night by a barrage of lightning strikes.

Cooridination with Trinity County continues regarding evacuation efforts in the Hyampom Valley and Salt Creek areas.

Dry lightning ignited 11 named fires in the Six Rivers and Shasta National Forests.

Rose Brown, 24, Hayfork, died shortly after 6:10 a.m. Thursday when her traveling companion, Bryan Schweder, 45, Cottonwood, accidentally hit her, said California Highway Patrol officer Pat Hurton. via Red Bluff Daily News

The Wall Street Journal today writes about the economic resurgence in Hayfork, California created by companies like Jefferson Forest Products, a sustainable logging company acquired a couple of years ago by ... via Idealog

“They said they were checking on these animals”

There are disputes between Trinity County Animal Control and Miranda's Animal Rescue as to the origins of a feral dog trapped last Saturday in the Trinity County town of Mad River. via Eureka Reporter

Drug arrests Dale Ray Buckmaster Jr., 40, of Red Bluff and girlfriend Cynthia Dawn Philbrook, 44, of Red Bluff were arrested, both on charges of transportation of methamphetamine and possession of a syringe, ... via Red Bluff Daily News

“It's one of the best bull and gelding sales in the nation. Where else can you find a better horse?”

Lot 229 was highest selling bull. The Champion Angus, owned by Newton1s Angus Ranch out of Montague, sold to Mike Semens of Hafork for $7,000 at the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale Saturday morning. via Red Bluff Daily News

“We count murrelets from both sides of the boat out to 100 meters in each direction and we note the distance to each sighting”

Elias Elias. File Photo. Last summer, I went out with my friend Elias Elias to count marbled murrelets, the small, endangered water bird that nests on old-growth tree limbs. via North Coast Journal Weekly Politics

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes

A second helicopter belonging to Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters has deployed to assist in fighting the wind-driven fires in Southern California. via Rotor.com

“Brunsma was cooperative with officers and admitted that he knew what he was doing was morally wrong as well as illegal.”

A Trinity County man was arrested Thursday after he was allegedly seen viewing child pornography on a computer at the Hayfork branch of the Trinity County Library. via Eureka Reporter