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The Chico City Council approved a five-year sewer rate increase this week that would see a rate hike of 55% as soon as November.
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Shows and Podcasts
Cultivating Place: Summer Solstice Special–SummerHome Garden's Lisa Negri, Denver, CO
SummerHome Garden in Denver, CO, is a playful and powerful twist on the idea that our gardens can be our summer homes.
County won’t defend Measure B | Chico sewer rates could rise | Cannabis grows considered
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, June 18, 2026.
June 17: Paul Belz, Hillary Landauer Vasey, Sharon Birkes & Emma Miller
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: An archaeologist turned OSS spy
Stephan Talty's new book tells the true story of American archaeologists turned OSS spies who protected relics from Nazis during WWII.
Chico Cal Water investigates breach claim | What El Niño means for fires | More water quality signs coming to Sycamore Pool
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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Godofredo A. Vásquez/APCalifornia’s attorney general and secretary of state are suing to block Shasta County’s voter-approved Measure B, which would require photo ID, restrict mail voting and mandate hand-counting before the November election. -
Screenshot of US House Clerk YouTube page by Andre Byik/NSPRNorth State Congressman James Gallagher voted to extend a major surveillance authority in one of his first votes in Congress, aligning with GOP leaders and the Trump administration as critics raised privacy and intelligence-leadership concerns. -
Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoThe local measure would require elections to be held in person on a single day and severely limit voting by mail, while also requiring voter ID. Its legality is in question. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from June 11 to June 15. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRBonfire Storytelling’s three-day BARNFire festival will bring 52 storytellers to a private barn location. -
Glenn County Sheriff's Office/FacebookThe city of Willows could lose contracted law enforcement services after June 30 as a cost dispute with the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office heads to court. -
Shelby HebertA new challenger has entered Chico’s District 2 City Council race. Shelby Hebert says she’s running to bring a different vision to City Hall, with a focus on roads, affordable housing and downtown revitalization. -
PG&E/PG&EShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.
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Here is the text of the memorandum of understanding that was signed Wednesday by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as Pakistan's prime minister. -
Ukraine launched a new wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday, amounting to one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. -
We asked half a dozen skin care experts: Which products do you really need to keep your skin healthy and attractive? Here's what they said. -
Three brothers say their mother and father died after losing access to their HIV medications. Now the boys are figuring out how to navigate life. -
The court ruled that the law used to prosecute a marijuana user violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms and is unconstitutionally vague. -
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
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