Durham News

James and Cheryl Fuhring, owners of Durham House Inn in Durham, California, have been innkeepers for 30 years.

This bridge on Jordan Hill Road was one of the reasons it was deemed not viable as an escape route by a Butte County Grand Jury.

Synthetic wine-bottle plugs and aluminum screw tops may spell the end for Portugal's cork-oak forests.

Here are some newspaper stories published this week in years past: 25 years ago 'Rail history steams through Chico' ... Saturday a train ... pulled into the Chico depot, let off passengers, hooted its steam whistle and pulled out ... The Coast Daylight, in vibrant orange, red and black trim and pulled by a massive steam engine, was headed home to ...

DURHAM Budget cuts will again be on the agenda during tonight's meeting of the Durham Unified School District.

Christian Ramirez, 12, had thought he'd seen all his hometown had to offer - that is, until he took his first flight and saw it from the sky.

Jason's in Paris Before he left, Jason Cassidy asked me if I'd write his column while he was gone.

Large quantities of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy were uncovered and three people arrested Tuesday as narcotics agents and the Butte County Sheriff's Office served search warrants at homes in Durham and Nelson.

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Durham High School's Class of 2009 stepped off into the future with scholarships for all who sought them, and with admonitions to remember the past, and to be ready for change.

Like the Sword of Damocles, the state budget hangs over Butte County Libraries, but the staff have gone ahead to plan children's reading programs through June.

The best solution for the train issue in Chico would be to reroute the track so that it did not come through town.

A 19-year-old Durham woman rolled a car several times on Highway 70 north of Oroville, but police say a seatbelt saved her from being fatally injured.

Our view: It's true that trains can be just as deadly at 25 mph as at 70 mph, but a person's reaction time to the faster train is much shorter.

The city's proposal to create a bike path alongside Highway 99 from Mud Creek to Southgate Avenue poses a twofold challenge.

Concerned about what they perceive to be increasing crime in their community, a group of citizens have formed the Durham Patrol.

In a series of scenes that would have made American artist Normal Rockwell smile, hundreds of real and surrogate grandparents flooded Durham school campuses to celebrate the joys of having grandchildren.

For third-grade teacher Jennifer Reynolds, its not about the extra backpacks, increased number of desks or even the growing amount of grading she will have to do -- its about the education of students.

Several students came to the Durham Unified School District board of trustees meeting Monday to support ag teacher Melissa Baber, including members of the Future Farmers of America.

STILL ACTIVE Ed McLaughlin, paralyzed in a freak bike accident 18 months ago, remains on the board of the Chico Velo Cycling Club, which grew out of "quasi-organized group of folks" that organized the first Wildflower.