Glenn County News

Rescuers were hanging onto slim hopes Monday night that a man who tumbled into the Sacramento River when his canoe capsized somehow made it to shore.

California Indian song, bustling tours and quiet, personal moments were all part of the dedication this past week of a new outdoor reflective space honoring the Patwin who once lived on the land that would become UC Davis.

About 700 more Butte County residents found themselves without jobs in October, as the state released preliminary unemployment figures on Friday.

A proposal for a water bottling plant received a steady barrage of criticism Wednesday at a meeting of the Orland Technical Advisory Committee.

Here are some brief happenings at Chico State University and Butte College: Winter session registration under way at Butte College Registration for the winter session and spring semester at Butte College is now open.

The Glenn County Cooperative Extension will host a workshop on how to make wreaths and swags from your garden from 9 a.m. to noon Dec.

The deadline is Friday for people interested in serving on the 2010 panel of North State Voices.

Scott Edward BeaversAll Chico E-R photos are available here. Here are several people being sought by the Glenn County Sheriff's Office.

Willows Police have arrested a suspect in a recent sexual assault investigation.

Three suspects and a California Highway Patrol officer escaped injury about 2:20 p.m. Thursday when their vehicles tangled during a high-speed pursuit and the suspect car crashed into a pole.

Health officials suspect a Glenn County man may have died of swine flu. The man, who was in his late 50s, became ill and was taken to a hospital in Redding, said Scott Gruendl, Glenn County interim director of Health Services.

The first batch of H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Butte County and will be going to children at various schools.

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Beulah Cyr was a kindergarten teacher for more than 30 years. She retired in 1997, but she still spends time in a classroom every week.

The 2009 season was a successful one for the Orland Speedway and promoter Dan Ochs says he is ready to do it again next year.

School Superintendent Steve Olmos ordered members of the Glenn County Office of Education board to leave two Willows school campuses during Monday morning visits, according to a police report.

It was a limited burn day for rice farmers Monday, with about 200 acres of land authorized to be burned due to weather conditions.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is prodding Congress to enact legislation overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system to prevent a repeat of the banking and credit debacles that had thrust the country into crisis.

A Glenn County sheriff's deputy died Wednesday night after falling unconscious at his north Chico home.

An Orland man is behind bars in Glenn County today, three weeks after he reportedly robbed a private medical marijuana garden at gun point, the Glenn County Sheriff's Office reported.