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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor (8/6/20)

No debating masks No mask, no brains, no money, no life! It is that easy. It is science. It is the most loving, Christian and patriotic action caring people can take—one we should do together—but […]


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Opinions

Editorial: Armchair epidemiology

Sequestered at home over the course of the pandemic, most of you undoubtedly have had a discussion—directly or through social media—with someone who’s shared “important information” about coronavirus. People with time on their hands find […]


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News

Editorial: Stopping the surge together

Back in March, when the coronavirus halted life as Californians had known it, Chico turned eerily quiet. Streets and sidewalks were noticeably empty as residents largely stayed home, leaving only for essential jobs or to […]


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Opinions

2020 and beyond

It is said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. And since we suspended our print edition after March 19, a lot of history has been made. The COVID-19 pandemic, the righteous anger […]




Community Essays

Doomsday and CN&R’s Plan A

By Ron Angle My father would always warn, “If you have nothing good to say, say nothing.” Unfortunately, his son eventually became a journalist, and as we all know journalists always have something to say. In […]



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Community Essays

COVID-19: A wake-up call

By Ron Angle It is clear now that global society will not be same for decades or more. The current pandemic has changed the way society interacts. For a generation at least, that change will […]


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Camp Fire

FEMA extends housing deadline

Temporary housing set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of the Camp Fire will remain in Butte County through at least May 12, 2021. On Friday (March 13), FEMA announced a […]


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Camp Fire

PG&E, FEMA reach settlement

PG&E and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have reached an agreement with the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in the utility company’s bankruptcy proceedings, according to a media advisory from FEMA. The agency, which is […]


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Camp Fire

Grant funds food truck

Funded by a Camp Fire relief grant to combat hunger, the Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) unveiled its mobile teaching kitchen Tuesday (Feb. 25) in Oroville. BCOE will use the truck to deliver fresh […]


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Camp Fire

$23 million for Paradise housing

Town of Paradise officials learned Monday (Feb. 24) that the municipality received a $23 million housing grant from the state to aid low-income residents. The CalHome funds, from the Department of Housing and Community Development, […]


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Camp Fire

Starting over

Ridge business owners have had to do some serious soul-searching post-Camp Fire. For those whose enterprises were lost or damaged in the mega blaze, among the biggest decisions has been whether to re-establish in the […]


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Camp Fire

Tree removal deadline pushed

Property owners in the Camp Fire burn scar now have until Feb. 21 to submit right-of-entry or inspection access forms to ensure burned trees that threaten to fall on public rights-of-way will be or have […]