Junction City News

Today marks the expected containment date for the Iron/Alps Complex, which is located in Junction City in Trinity County.

Mandatory evacuation notices were given, phone and electrical service was out and State Route 299 was closed for most of the day Saturday as fire crews worked to keep the Buckhorn Fire from moving into the ...

When a firefighting helicopter went down in Northern California last week, killing nine and injuring four, the mountain crash site was so remote that it could only be reached by air or a full day's hike.

A firefighting helicopter that crashed, killed nine people and injured four others in Trinity County earlier this week clipped trees shortly after takeoff, the federal government confirmed Friday.

A helicopter carrying fire fighters crashed yesterday evening near Junction City in the Shasta Trinity National Forest.

NTSB investigators flew on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, to the wreckage of a Sikorsky S-61N that crashed Tuesday, Aug.

By Mike Nelson & Faris Tanyos August 7, 2008 WEAVERVILLE, Ca. -- The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federall Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Forest Service are working to determine how a ...

Seven firefighters, a U.S. Forest Service employee and a pilot of the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames Tuesday evening were confirmed dead Thursday as a team of investigators made their way to the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board announced this afternoon that it had dispatched a special investigation team to the crash site in a remote, wooded area near Junction City.

After a long day battling one of Northern California's most stubborn wildfires, dozens of weary firefighters gathered in a remote wilderness clearing near the fire's front lines to get a chopper ride back to ...

WEAVERVILLE, CALIF. -- -- Based on eyewitness accounts, Trinity County sheriff's officials confirmed today that eight firefighters and one pilot perished in a helicopter crash this week as they were evacuating ...

As many as nine people were presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that was carrying firefighters over the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, officials said Wednesday.

FAA: Firefighting helicopter crashes in Northern California forest; 9 missing, feared dead.

According to newly-unsealed documents, Ivins had sole custody of anthrax spores that had some of the same genetic mutations as the poison that killed five people.

A helicopter transporting four firefighting personnel crashed near a fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California, according to officials.The U.S. Forest Service said a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter ...

Firefighters in California are making progress against 30 major wildfires still burning around the state.

An 18-year-old firefighter from Washington died from injuries he sustained Friday evening while his crew was felling hazard trees ahead of a fire in the Iron Complex near Junction City.

An 18-year-old firefighter from Washington died from injuries he sustained Friday evening while his crew was felling hazard trees ahead of a fire in the Iron Complex near Junction City.

An 18-year-old firefighter from Washington died from injuries he sustained Friday evening while his crew was felling hazard trees ahead of a fire in the Iron Complex near Junction City.

An 18-year-old firefighter from Washington died from injuries he sustained Friday evening while his crew was felling hazard trees ahead of a fire in the Iron Complex near Junction City.