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Editorial: Bring back the masks
In June, when most of the state mandates related to coronavirus were lifted, Butte County was in pretty good shape. But by early August, due to the more virulent delta strain, the case count began […]
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Salute, Melissa
I met Melissa Daugherty in fire. Even when I wasn’t reading the thing, I would haul home great stacks of the CN&R, as firestarter. And this, it was one of those times. Bob Speer, he […]
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Streetalk: Best song?
Asked in downtown Chico Angel Durhamstay-at-home mom“Bohemian Rhapsody,” [by Queen]. I like the entire aesthetic of it—I love the song. [I’d listen to it] everyday; it’s just a happy song. Todd Steinbergreal estate agent trainerThe […]
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Letters for Oct. 7, 2021
Folly of the recall Re: “Should Newsom be recalled?” (Newslines, Sept. 2): In 2018, Californians elected Gavin Newsom as the governor of California with a 62 percent vote. Republicans, including local ones, and QAnon activists […]
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Chico’s bloody hands
We can’t help but think of how the city of Chico would have reacted if the person recently gunned down in a public greenway hadn’t been homeless. Think about it. Let’s say your neighbor had […]
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Editorial: The Ridge needs good neighbors
In the wake of the Camp Fire, Paradise has struggled economically and otherwise. It’s understandable considering virtually 80 percent of the town was wiped out in a single day, whereas rebuilding and repopulation will take […]
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Accountability
This column is part of special wildfire report on the one-year anniversary of the North Complex Fire’s destruction of Berry Creek and Feather Falls. Find links for more articles in this series at the end […]
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Editorial: Doctor knows best
“I want you to know that vaccines are our only way out of this pandemic.” Those were the words of Enloe Medical Center’s chief medical officer, Dr. Marcia Nelson, in a video posted on the […]
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Editorial: Vote no … and?
Could one fancy dinner end up costing Gavin Newsom his job? Yes, it could. On the day of the governor’s infamous mask-free lunch at French Laundry on Nov. 6, 2020—in the middle of the pandemic, […]
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Streetalk: Have wildfires/smoke made you consider moving?
Asked at Chico Natural Foods. Patrick Farrarlandscape designerNot really, because it’s not just wildfire in Chico and the North Valley. We were in Washington for a few years and every August we got smoke for […]
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Letters: 9/2/21
Pandemic alarm Re “COVID surges, a self-inflicted consequence” (Editorial, Aug. 5) and “A dark cloud” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, Aug. 5). A big “Thanks” to CN&R for its crucial editorial and its opinion […]
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Our wildfire breaking point
This guest comment is part of special wildfire report on the one-year anniversary of the North Complex Fire’s destruction of Berry Creek and Feather Falls. Find links for more articles in this series at the […]
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Guest comment: Act now to save our groundwater
Maintaining groundwater levels adequate to sustain agricultural and domestic use and streamflow in Butte County will be at risk if management is in the hands of private interests through the proposed Tuscan Water District (TWD), […]
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‘Hour of reckoning’ for small farms
Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is a method of growing crops so that they develop deep roots that can […]
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To protect Californians, vote “no”
I’m a Democrat, a Vietnam veteran, and a fully vaccinated longtime resident of Chico, and I’m voting no on the recall of California’s governor, Gavin Newsom. COVID-19 is back and more contagious, and it goes […]