Oroville News

Unable to match the salaries of private and some public utilities, California cannot retain enough skilled employees to maintain and operate its complex and vital water delivery system.

Emergency medical technician Robbie Berge is used to saving people, but on Saturday night, the roles were reversed when he needed to be rescued after his race kart caught on fire.

An 11-hour protest inside Berry Creek Rancheria headquarters ended with about 20 people who had barricaded themselves inside tribal offices taken into custody around noon today.

A former Butte County teacher was arrested for molesting several of his young students.

A morning grebe paddle at Themalito Afterbay is planned Sunday to view the Western and Clark's grebes in their courtship and nesting displays.

Summertime used to be my favorite time of year; hot, lazy weekends spent at the river swimming and throwing sticks for the dogs.

Judy Johnson and Chris Lasik of the Tree of Hope foundation talk in Southside Oroville on Feb.

The hours for the Saturday Oroville downtown farmers market were incorrect in the Tuesday Mercury-Register. The market opens this Saturday and hours are 7:30-11 a.m. weekly.

Besides the opening of the Downtown Farmers Market and the Oroville 5K River Run, two unrelated and free events are also scheduled to happen elsewhere.

Thursday Night Market: 6-9 p.m. downtown on Broadway, from Second to Fifth streets.

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One of the great challanges of being retired is staying active. I am always on the outlook for new adventures And one one adventure to a small to fill my day.

Steve and Brenda Mantzouranis of Oroville enjoy lunch at the Feather River Nature Center in Oroville on Wednesday.

Registrations are still being accepted for entry in the second annual Oroville 5K River Run and Walk, which takes place Saturday morning.

Twelve days after a retired park ranger and onetime Oroville and Chico resident went missing, authorities still do not know where he is or what has happened to him.

Madeline Walton, 2012 Miss Butte County First Runner Up and Andrea Gilsdorf, 2012 Miss Butte County wave to the crowd in a parade that proceeded down Montgomery Street as part of Feather Fiesta Days on Saturday in Oroville.

All You can eat Pancake Breakfast: 6-10 a.m. Oroville Aerie 196, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will host this breakfast of three sausages, unlimited pancakes, juice and coffee.

Orovillians have celebrated and partied at festivals along the Feather River since at least 1909 in ways similar to today's two-week-long Feather Fiesta Days celebration.

Lauro "Adrian" Garcia, 28, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary, 893-4292. GOMES - Norma Lee Gomes, 79, of Orland, died Friday, May 10, 2013, in Orland.

The eighth annual Paradise Chocolate Fest will be held today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Terry Ashe Park on the Skyway in Paradise.