As cars lined the street outside the Magalia Community Church on a Tuesday morning last month, Pastor Kevin Lindstrom led a small group of volunteers in worship, praying that everyone arriving that day be “filled […]
Bike shops have been exceptionally busy this past month as people turn to the outdoors for recreation. But is life on two wheels safe during the pandemic? […]
Business started booming for the Bamford family shortly after they opened the doors to their olive oil tasting room and gift shop in 2016. People constantly trickled into the downtown Oroville storefront to sample the […]
Local schools prepare to provide critical services to students for an indefinite period as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. […]
Chico therapist and a meditation practitioner offer approaches to coping with the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Juliette Chestang came back home to the Ridge in 2017. She’d been away for about 15 years, but after a long-term relationship didn’t work out, she turned to family for stability. She rented a room […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Nicki Jones opened Nic’s restaurant after the Camp Fire to create a comfortable gathering place for survivors. After the Camp Fire, it never occurred to Nicki Jones that she wouldn’t return […]
CN&R File photo City park reservation fees—for events like the Chico Bicycle Music Festival in Cedar Grove—are slated to increase significantly for the first time in 27 years. It has been 15 months since the […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Shelby Boston, director of the Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services, and Scott Kennelly, interim director of Butte County Behavioral Health, say the goal of the new Community Services […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Chico City Manager Mark Orme says he’ll recommend a portion of an $8 million budget surplus post-Camp Fire be directed to city roads. By now, it’s a well-known fact that the […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Rick Rawson, Adventist Health CEO, confirms that the Feather River Hospital emergency room will reopen. This year, the health care desert grew in the wake of the Camp Fire. Paradise already […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Doreen Fogle gets a blood pressure check up at Medspire Health’s December clinic in downtown Paradise. Four months after the Camp Fire, Katie Rosauer was providing free medical care to Camp […]
Photo by Ken Smith Staff writer Ashiah Scharaga at the Neighborhood Church evacuation shelter on Nov. 9, 2018. I knew I had to leave the auditorium of the Paradise Performing Arts Center when I started […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Butte Valley neighbors (left to right) Danny Cuneo, Ryann Newman and Gail Tozier are property owners dependent on the Miocene Canal. Gail Tozier has been living without a steady source of […]
Photo by Ashiah Scharaga Jenna Murray (left) and Kyla Awalt launched the Camp Fire Zone Project in March to help the Ridge rebuild and stay connected. For Kyla Awalt, Paradise has felt like a “small, […]
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