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A passenger train connection between Chico and Sacramento has high interest locally, judging from the turnout at an online public workshop Thursday evening. → Read More
The feasibility of a commuter train between Butte County and Sacramento has been under review for several years, and there’s finally enough information to share with the public. → Read More
CHICO — Construction of a $13 million bicycle overcrossing of East 20th Street, just east of the freeway in Chico, should start next spring. At its last meeting, the California Transportation Commi… → Read More
Eaton Road has also been shaped as a four-lane road west from The Esplanade. For most of the way there are just two lanes paved, with open space left for two more sometime in the future. → Read More
When roadwork currently underway on Highway 70 is complete, Chico will no longer be the largest city in California that isn’t accessed by a four-lane highway. While Highway 70 still has to wind thr… → Read More
A study has begun to determine if a commuter rail connection between Butte County and Sacramento is feasible. → Read More
A controversial water district in northwestern Butte County has been approved to go to a vote of landowners within its boundaries. → Read More
James Gallagher will still be Butte County’s assemblyman, under new redistricting maps approved this week. → Read More
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission released draft maps for new Congressional, state Senate and Assembly districts, and Sutter County — where Gallagher lives — is in a different distri… → Read More
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission released draft maps for new Congressional, state Senate and Assembly districts, and Sutter County — where Gallagher lives — is in a different distri… → Read More
After a lengthy public hearing Tuesday, the Butte County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to support a proposed water district in the northwest county. → Read More
After a lengthy public hearing, the Board of Supervisors left the question of a mask mandate for Butte County at the discretion of the public health officer. → Read More
Butte County residents have been asked to help redraw the county supervisor districts, and a number of them have jumped at the opportunity. → Read More
In a move that was largely symbolic, a divided Butte County Board of Supervisors voted to retain a local emergency declaration related to COVID-19. → Read More
A draft plan to manage groundwater in northwestern Butte County was expected to be available for public review today or Monday. → Read More
A proposed water district in northwestern Butte County Wednesday won a split-vote endorsement from the Butte County Water Commission, after a lengthy public hearing. → Read More
A proposal for a new Butte County water district is wending its way through the approval process, and not everyone is happy about that. → Read More
The 2020 Census found that more than half the counties in the United States had lost population since 2010, and Butte County was one of them. → Read More
Water regulators have cut the amount that can be taken from lakes, rivers and streams. Farmers who ordinarily get that water either have to forgo planting some of their fields, or pump water from t… → Read More
A bald eagle rests Thursday on a rice break off Road 48 in western Butte County → Read More