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Top 10 stories of 2021
There is no sugar-coating it: 2021 has not been easy. America as a whole may have gone through more turmoil during the previous year, but Butte County had the unrelenting wildfires and extreme drought of […]
NewsPaging Dr. Feelbad: Enloe Medical Center ER physician Dr. Lamont Leavitt allegedly shared propaganda with a patient that called the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax and lambasted masks and social distancing. Ted Nugent can write the anthem: Declaring its jurisdiction “constitutional [...]- NewsLast month, a group called Chico Voters launched recall efforts against Mayor Andrew Coolidge and Councilman Sean Morgan. Among the group’s cited reasons why the men should be removed from office are perceived missteps related to the city’s treatment of [...]
Arts & CultureAfter a year off, the tradition continues! This is the 14th edition of Art DEVO’s annual local arts and culture awards ceremony. The envelopes, please … Best at making the best of things: The virtual presenters. Until COVID-19 vaccines arrived [...]- Arts & CultureOn Nov. 25, local icon Kelly Meagher died in his Butte Creek Canyon home. In memory of our longtime friend, the CN&R offers this condensed (and lightly edited) version of a story that ran in the Dec. 15, 2011, edition [...]
- ArtCommunity events Toys-for-Tots Toy DriveDec. 2-3, Drop off a new unwrapped toy to one of this year’s locations: Concours Elite, Deer Creek Broadcasting, Two Men & a Truck, Wittmeier Auto Center, Chico Marketplace, or Express Employment Professionals. Call (530) 966-7184 [...]
OpinionsEach December, the CN&R reflects on the news of the year by putting together a list of top stories. It’s a tradition around these parts, as it is for newspapers around the nation and the world. Journalists everywhere have had [...]- Editor's noteIn the Chico neighborhood where my wife, dog, cat and I live, maybe a five-minute walk away from our house, lives the leader of one of the local Facebook “public safety” groups. She is a very vocal personality who has [...]
- COVID-19One recent evening, I told my son the good news. I explained that scientists had come up with a way to help him get the protection he’d need to be able to return to school after a nearly two-year absence. [...]
- Arts & CultureBodies – AFI The pandemic has been a nonstop conundrum for the music industry, with politics, supply-chain disruption and a decimated live-music scene making the past year-plus very unpredictable. From that chaos, however, the bands and songwriters of the world [...]
- Arts & CultureWith the streaming season stretching on, here are some of the most recent film highlights. Passing (Netflix) A deft and at times brilliant adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, Passing is remarkable in that respect alone. But it’s also exceptional [...]
- NewsBarring changes in the final phase, the North State will have significantly reconfigured districts for the U.S. Congress and the California Legislature over the next decade. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission released draft maps for public comment last month and [...]
- NewsWith the deadline for redistricting fast approaching, the Butte County Board of Supervisors is still deliberating on how the boundaries will be redrawn. The county has until Dec. 15 to set supervisorial districts. At a contentious special meeting on Nov. [...]
- NewsAsked in downtown Chico. Danielle HawkinsteacherWe always do Christmas cookies at my mom’s house, which is really sweet. I have two kids and my sister has two kids, and so we’ve been doing it since they were little—at their house [...]
Brandon: Tatton it's your cousin B stopping by to show some love...so very proud of all your hard work buddy...it definitely… 
Joseph Robinson: The Butte County Court Clowns (Mike Ramsey, Kory Honea, their employees and the judges have hijacked our courts for their… 
Harry: Good for Rogers. He can see through the deception, corruption and criminality of big pharma. 
Gordon Bergthold: It's a shame that Aaron chose to go the stupid route when he could have been honest and fessed up… 
