I am an independent voter who has supported both Democratic and Republican candidates over the years. I tend to vote progressive these days and did not vote for Trump or LaMalfa in any election.

I’d like to thank reporter Molly Myers and local historian Dave Nopel for their generous and refreshing feature about Stagecoach Rock, and I look forward to future installments of “Dave’s History ...

Fighting partisan fire with partisan fire only raises the temperature. I prefer to place my faith in the cooling power of democracy, where when voters speak, those who win elections govern by the ...

O’SHAUGHNESSY: Sandra Jean O’Shaughnessy, 74, of Chico, died Aug. 5, 2025, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home, 530-342-9003.

Please, please, PLEASE watch out for bikes! Have recently had a couple of events: full-on, skid-tires-on-pavement, traffic in both directions stopped aghast … and I’m a helmet-wearing ...

A round of applause is due — for themselves, apparently. Just four months after the Butte County Board of Supervisors’ Measure H sales tax increase took effect — resulting in Chico and ...

Not our proudest moment — the town hall “meeting” in Chico. While not condoning the behavior nor tenor of the constituents, the message should be clear: Dismissal of our ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man who allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the wounded animal’s mouth shut and ...

The Agriculture Department introduced an updated pyramid guide in 2005 that incorporated new nutritional standards. It ...

Cracker Barrel has been working on a wider rebrand for some time. Beyond a new logo, that’s included remodeling its ...

Through three innings, the Giants positioned themselves to at least salvage a series split. Verlander retired the first nine ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as ...