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Like editor Mike Wolcott, I attended the Doug LaMalfa town hall. I had a different take. There was a large crowd. When they took the stage for the 90-minute event, I checked my watch. For over 30 ...

A lot of people are concerned that Donald Trump goes unchecked and our government is headed toward ruin. We were stable, respected, and we were doing well with the world, now we are not. Prices have ...

Despite the negative vibes, if the actual point of this town hall meeting was for Rep. Doug LaMalfa to visually gauge in real time what his Butte County Chico constituents were thinking, he got it in ...

I’m the kind of guy that will admit when I’m wrong. I can’t help but grudgingly wonder if the proselytizers of Climate Change might be right after all. For several generations now, they’ve been ...

ALLEN: Marca Allen, 64, of Chico, died Aug. 8, 2025, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home, 530-342-9003. JONAS: Lois Jonas, 98, of Oroville, died Aug.

The program now operates over 20 schools in Senegal, and over 300 men have been trained. In some communities, men who once ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian prosecutors on Monday announced that they have indicted the eldest son of Norway’s crown ...

The meeting is notable in how American churches are embroiled in controversies involving Orthodoxy in Ukraine.

Key Investment Group said the FTC is misapplying the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, a 2016 law which it said was meant to ...