Sutter County News

As the winds blew intermittently, the yellow planes at Jones Flying Service had often been waiting on standby.

May 24, 2012 -- A Sutter County animal control officer was hospitalized Thursday after a two-car collision on Market Street in Yuba City.

A special-education teacher who is a trustee of the Paradise Unified School District is hoping to become a future member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors.

Investigators continue to look into the cause of a fatal crop-duster crash Monday morning that claimed the life of a Sacramento man near East Nicolaus in Sutter County.

A crop duster pilot was killed when his biplane crashed in the area of Nicholas Drive and Highway 70 in east Nicolaus, May 21, 2012.

YUBA CITY, Calif. - A crop dusting plane has crashed in a rice field outside Yuba City, killing the pilot.

The plane crashed into a muddy field near Highway 70. It was reported to authorities about 6:30 a.m. today that the plane had crashed, according to the Sutter County Sheriff's office.

The pilot of a small plane died in a crash Monday morning near Nicolaus, the Sutter County Sheriff's Department said.

The Sutter County Sheriff's Department said that nearby boaters attempted to rescue the man but were unable to keep up with the rapids.

The California Department of Transportation will no longer use Nehemiah Construction, Inc., to widen State Highway 99 over the Feather River, Caltrans announced Tuesday.

Three Olivehurst were arrested on suspicion of sturgeon poaching on the Bear River, Department of Fish and Game officials said Monday.

Chico's AquAlliance has sued to block Butte Water District's transfer of water from Butte and Sutter counties to Kern County.

One year ago, Dixon Patch reported about an accident that took the lives of Alejandro "Alex" Silva, 17, known to his friends as Pecas, and Delfino "Delfeezy" Gaona, 19, both of Dixon.

A recent deal for Butte Water District to transfer water from Butte and Sutter counties is under scrutiny this week through a lawsuit filed by AquAlliance, of Chico.

For a comprehensive flood plan for all of California's most flood-prone areas, the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan is proving to be pretty fluid itself.