My world is full of smoke. As I drive through the dark shroud over the section of Highway 299 west where forest fires refuse to die, I feel trapped in a bad “end of the world” science-fi

Back in late June, we published an Op-Ed by Hyampom-based writer Jennifer Lance. Since then, she's hasn't quit writing even as she's kept one eye on the fires surrounding her remote Trinity County property. Check out her thoughts on burnouts,...

SEIAD VALLEY – A new lightning-sparked fire has scorched about 150 acres about four miles southeast of here in northern Siskiyou County.

Well, I missed this typo yesterday in the Record Searchlight. However, someone who has a better grasp of the french language than I tuned me into this fabulous play on words.It's located on th

Just in case anyone missed one of the key points of this summer’s still-simmering siege of California wildfires, it is this: Climate change is here, it’s real, and it is time to stop quarreling about the causes and get on with doing something about it.

BIG BAR — Two new fires forced the closure of Highway 299 near here Monday afternoon, but the highway was reopened about 5 p.m. to one-way escorted traffic.

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BIG BAR — Highway 299 was closed this afternoon near Big Bar as firefighters responded to two new fires that erupted near the highway.

Motorists on Highway 299 should expect delays today, as one lane of the highway is closed west of Big Bar due to fire activity.

Firefighters stayed busy over the weekend battling six new blazes started by 27 lightning strikes in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

It’s been a while since I’ve visited you, almost seven years. I hadn’t even written you. So I admit I was a bit wary and nervous when I flew into Redding Municipal Airport a few weeks ago. Would you

The small Trinity County community of Big Bar, 20 miles west of Weaverville, was under a mandatory evacuation order Saturday after the out-of-control Buckhorn Fire burned close to homes.

For decades, firefighter pilot James Ramage gazed down at the world from the cockpit of his helicopter.

Firefighters extinguished a 40-acre grass fire north of Dersch Road on Saturday afternoon.

IGOETI, Georgia -- Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Benefit breakfast -- 8 to 11 a.m., Whitmore Fire Hall, 30480 Boggs Lane, proceeds benefit the Whitmore Fire Department, pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee, adults $5, children under 6 $2.50, 472-3367.

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Address:2263 LONDON AVE, REDDING, CA 96001 Price: 159,000 Property Type: ResidentialArea: 04 - SW ReddingTotal Bedrooms: 3Total Bathrooms: 2Approx. SqFt.: 1380 List #08-2828 Centrally located, close to the river, s

Firefighters extinguished a 40-acre grass fire north of Dersch Road on Saturday afternoon.

Lying in bed this morning listening to the radio, I heard KPIG play "Forever Young," a song that always disturbingly takes me back to a day in late October 2003, standing in my kitchen listening to Prairie Home Companion, where the character of Guy Noir is musing about the anniversary of the death of

The small Trinity County community of Big Bar, 20 miles west of Weaverville, was under a mandatory evacuation this morning after the out-of-control Buckhorn Fire burned close to homes.

But that is exactly what happened Thursday morning. It started with an accident and resulting hazardous-material spill on Highway 44 as you cross the bridge over the Sacramento River, and followed with a multicar accident on I-5 as you approached Cypress Avenue going south. The result: gridlock all over town.

Well, since some of you won't be getting the Record Searchlight this morning until about 10:00 a.m., I thought I would go

Congratulations and best wishes to Rita Hosking for being named a finalist in the Sisters Folk Festival Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest. It's a prestigious contest and a well-deserved honor for this talented, hard-working singer-songwriter. She hails

As firefighters gained the upper hand Friday on wildfires that have scorched fire-ravaged Trinity County, officials investigating a deadly helicopter crash northwest of Junction City say the cockpit voice recorder suffered heat damage that's complicating efforts to extract information from the device.

The Russia-Georgia cease-fire brokered by France's president is less than meets the eye. Its terms keep moving as the Russian army keeps moving. Russia has since occupied Gori (appropriately, Stalin's birthplace), effectively cutting Georgia in two. The road to the capital, Tbilisi, is open, but apparently Prime

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) — Under a hot sun pouring down through skies hazy with smoke from the forests, a chrome fire bell tolled out the signal 5-5-5 on Friday to honor nine men killed in a helicopter crash in Northern California.

Fire officials said today they're gaining an upper hand on the stubborn Eagle and Buckhorn blazes, which have been threatening the tiny Trinity County town of Big Bar.

I don't know about you all, but when I read the Record Searchlight headline that a bear was "spotted" at

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating a deadly helicopter crash in Northern California say the cockpit voice recorder suffered heat damage that’s complicating efforts to extract information from the device.

What: North Star Brewery 1st Annual Bluesfest with Lydia Pense and Cold Blood.Date: Saturday,

The organizers of a wildfire forum in Sacramento on Wednesday brought together three members of the U.S. Congress and half a dozen state lawmakers.

Firefighters are continuing to fend off the Buckhorn and Eagle fires, which are approaching the Trinity County hamlet of Big Bar from the north and south like a pair of pincers.

An Aero Commander firefighting plane with two aboard was forced back to the Redding Municipal Airport tarmac Wednesday afternoon after its nose gear failed, the U.S. Forest Service reported.

Calling Sen. Sam Aanestad's wildfire forum yesterday "one-sided," the Sierra Club of California offers its own perspective and urges a different tactic. He's right: it didn't have to happen - and it doesn't have to keep happening. Smarter land-use decisions...

Firefighters are continuing to fend off the Buckhorn and Eagle fires, which are approaching the Trinity County hamlet of Big Bar from the north and south like a pair of pincers.

The California Channel has streaming video available of yesterday's fire discussion. (Click the "Watch" link next to "California Legislative Rural Caucus on Forest Management.") If you don't want to settle in with a bucket of popcorn for the whole three-plus...

Li’l Smokey got skunked.

An Aero Commander firefighting plane with two aboard was forced back to the Redding Municipal Airport tarmac Wednesday afternoon after its nose gear failed, the U.S. Forest Service reported today.

(Jim # 37) — We’ve had a rough summer here in Redding with all the smoke and fires, but after getting off the phone with the woman from the Weaverville Chamber of Commerce, I realize they’ve had it even worse. Suffocating, awful smoke has been the norm for most of the summer in Weaverville. I was [...]

SACRAMENTO — North state lawmakers Wednesday afternoon were drafting a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urging creation of a committee to weigh wildfire prevention methods and reduce fire damages.

BIG BAR -- The 22,615-acre Buckhorn Fire north of Big Bar has claimed a cabin as it and the 30,506-acre Eagle Fire both continue to threaten this small Trinity County community.

A two-alarm fire Wednesday afternoon destroyed a home and a garage at 1530 Cottonwood Ave. off Placer Street in west Redding.

[I]it just seems that the issue becomes one of ideological purity rather than political solutions. --- Sen. Dianne Feinstein What's the issue? Read about it here, but Feinstein could just as easily been talking about wildfires and fuel management. My...

A fire reportedly destroyed two large storage units and four smaller ones Wednesday near Charlene Drive at Airport Road in Redding.