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3 hrs ago | Mercury-Register

Fishing fun, education on the hook Saturday

For youngsters throughout Butte County, there will be plenty of fish swimming and waiting to be caught at a special event in Oroville on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Oroville, CA, Drugs, Breakfast, Life, Food, Family, Kids

8 hrs ago | Mercury-Register

Looking back at Oroville's and Butte County's heroes

When it was determined the B-29s could not use the airfields at Kunming or Luliang because of the altitude, they were moved north to Chengdu, in Sichuan province, where four airfields were built at a lower altitude .

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Oroville, CA

Thu May 31, 2012

KRCR

Opponents Of Butte County's "Measure A" Speak Out

Measure A would limit the number of medical marijuana plants grown in backyards based on property size.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medication, Marijuana

NewsReview.com

Butte County gets a New Deal

Photographer Russell Lee, on assignment for the Farm Security Administration, captured theShasta Dam under construction in 1942.

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Related Topix: Redding, CA, Cal State Chico, Gridley, CA

Chico Enterprise-Record

Controlled burn embers light grass on fire in Cohasset, Durham

Two controlled burns people thought they had extinguished re-ignited Wednesday afternoon, threatening a home in Cohasset and sending up a plume of black smoke in Durham.

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Related Topix: Fire, Durham, CA, Chico, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

Chico Enterprise-Record

Chico man sentenced to state prison for criminal threats, jail fight

A 34-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to four years, eight months in state prison for criminal threats in a kidnapping case and a jail fight.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Chico, CA, State Prisons, Prison

Wed May 30, 2012

Chico Enterprise-Record

Memorial Day weekend DUI patrols net 24 arrests

Public safety officers were hoping the number of driving under the influence arrests would have gone down this Memorial Day weekend, but they didn't. Butte County law enforcement agencies again arrested 24 people for the holiday weekend from Friday through Monday, including one man for an alleged drunken driving crash that killed his brother, said ... (more)

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Paradise, CA, Chico, CA

KRCR

Developing Now: Firefighters Fight Two Fires in Butte County

The larger fire has burned about 3.5 acres in the Cohasset area northeast of Chico at Vilas Road & Ponderosa Way.

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Related Topix: Chico, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Chico Enterprise-Record

Foodwise: This summer, rethink your cold drink

Considering what you're drinking is a main ingredient to a healthy lifestyle, but it's also a part that is easily overlooked.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dieting, Fruits

Newstalk1290 KPAY

Berry Creek Man Sentenced in Shooting

A Butte County man has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars following a double shooting in Berry Creek.

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Related Topix: Berry Creek, CA

Newstalk1290 KPAY

Butte County Jail Inmate Stable After Alleged Suicide Attempt

Butte County authorities say a jail inmate is in stable condition, after he was found hanging in his cell.

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Related Topix: Magalia, CA

Mercury-Register

Money allocated for signals at Highway 99 and Neal Road

Money has been allocated to place traffic lights at the intersection of Highway 99 and Neal Road, south of Chico.

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Related Topix: Chico, CA, Mill-Creek, CA, Los Molinos, CA

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Children taken from mom in pot raid inflame Butte County ballot debate

One of California's more vociferous battles over marijuana was already simmering in the upper Central Valley when an audiotape of a howling, hysterical mother went viral.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medication, Home Listing, Home, Oroville, CA

Tue May 29, 2012

Mercury-Register

State expects Butte growth spurt

The state expects Butte County's population to grow about 11,000 between 2010 and 2015, even though it grew by less than 1,300 people in the first two years of that period.

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Newstalk1290 KPAY

CA's Fiscal Problems Impact Plans for New Chico Courthouse

Plans for a new courthouse in South Chico are in limbo because of state budget problems.

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Mon May 28, 2012

Chico Enterprise-Record

Weekend DUI patrol, checkpoints result in 18 DUI arrests

Most of the numbers are in from a DUI checkpoint and special patrol that began Friday and continued through Sunday in Butte County.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

Fallen Chico soldier to be honored on Tuesday

Arron R. Clark, a Chico soldier killed in Iraq in 2003, will be honored during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Community Park, 1900 Martin Luther King Jr.

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Related Topix: Chico, CA, Paradise, CA, Iraq, World News

Sun May 27, 2012

Chico Enterprise-Record

Swine shine at Silver Dollar Fair: Young agriculturists sell livestock at Saturday's auction

Many species of animals were present at Saturday's Silver Dollar Fair, but of them all, the swine took the spotlight.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

Two local districts listed by state as financially troubled

When students graduate from schools in Butte and Glenn counties over the next two years, teachers, courses and athletic programs may be leaving with them.

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Related Topix: Glenn County, CA, Education Etc.

Sat May 26, 2012

The Fresno Bee

Updates: Small plane damaged in landing at Fresno Yosemite airport

A small private plane landing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport sustained minor damage when its nose gear collasped this afternoon, an airport spokeswoman said.

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Related Topix: Chowchilla, CA

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