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Top 10 stories of 2022
What’s the theme of 2022 for Butte County? Maybe it’s recovery. Illness and death of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly diminished early in the year, leading state and local officials to lift most restrictions. People are […]
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What were they thinking?
Don’t fence it in After an unsightly fence popped up around City Plaza in late 2021, the city of Chico and the Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) claimed it was necessary to enable construction and […]
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University prez retires
Chico State will have a new president next year as Gayle Hutchinson has announced her retirement after six years heading the university. Hutchinson (pictured), Chico State’s first woman president and the Cal State University system’s […]
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In this together
Kim Michl-Green likes to start Climate Cafe gatherings with a request. She asks the people who’ve assembled at the South Chico Community Assistance Center to go over to a windowsill illuminated by lamplight. There, they […]
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Shelter storm
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Rising inflation is taking a toll on most Americans, none more severely than lower income workers and families […]
Arts & Culture
Support local arts
Below is a regularly updated list of artists, venues, producers, promoters, owners/employees of arts-connected businesses, and customers/patrons who support a Chico News & Review proposal for an arts-coverage collaboration with North State Public Radio If […]
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Why Walmart workers are still broke
By Peter Hong This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. In 2003, Rick Wartzman was overseeing the business section of the Los Angeles Times when his team produced a […]
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By any other name?
Chico Municipal Airport has a new name. That much is undisputed fact after the City Council meeting Tuesday night (Nov. 15), when council members decided on the rebrand to Chico Regional Airport. How much the […]
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Cold and flu season comes early
Dr. Marcia Nelson remembers her concerns last holiday season. COVID-19 took another upswing; from averaging 30 new cases a day in mid-November of 2021, Butte County doubled that rate during Christmas week and hit 300 […]
Election 2022
Election 2022: Red Wave mirage
By Jessica Goodheart This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Dorian Warren was living less than a 10-minute walk from the U.S. Capitol and with his new baby […]
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Election 2022: Sliver of blue light
By Evan Tuchinsky and Ken Smith As Chico City Council candidate Addison Winslow helped with set up at an election night gathering Tuesday (Nov. 8) at Om on the Range downtown—complete with refreshments, live music […]
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Election 2022: Updated results
The votes are in. Below are the most current numbers from select local, state and national races. National & State: Last updated: Nov. 20, 5 p.m. U.S. Representative, District 1: Unofficial results (96.3 percent of […]
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Antisemitic vandalism in Chico
By Gabe Stutman This story was produced by J. The Jewish News of Northern California and is co-published here with permission. Antisemitic vandals set fire to a sign welcoming visitors to Congregation Beth Israel in […]
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Rallying around the kids
When Kayden Schroyer is at her lowest, she turns to letters and notes she’s received from her friends and her counselor at Ridgeview High School in Paradise. Schroyer, 17, lost everything when her family’s home […]
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Local heroes
Each November, the Chico News & Review takes a little break from the news to carve out some space for giving thanks. As we head into the holidays, we offer our 2022 Local Heroes—three groups […]