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Butte County’s Museum Weekend event returns with free admission to 15 locations. Organizers say it’s a reminder of the cultural value these venues offer.
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Shows and Podcasts
Blue Dot: The International Geophysical Year 1957-58 with Mark O'Connell
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Mark O'Connell, whose screenwriting credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, to talk about his non-fiction book, The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet.
Shasta backs aid for at-risk veterans | Redding Electric proposes rate hikes | Butte College returns to pre-Camp Fire enrollment
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.
Cultivating Place: Blooming Beyond Barriers, the flourishing legacy of South Carolina Floriculturist, Annie Mae Vann Reid (1892-1966)
This week on Cultivating Place, Abra Lee is in conversation with Laverne Brockington and Vance Davis, great nieces of Annie Mae Vann Reid, an historic florist and entrepreneur based in Darlington, South Carolina.
California sets 2040 water supply target | Orland to get new youth mental health facility | Congressman proposes cap on state gas taxes
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.
Nancy's Bookshelf: A closer look at AI
Author Harry Steven Ackley‘s novel offers a fresh perspective on AI.
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Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoSmall businesses say they’re struggling with uncertainty under President Donald Trump’s global tariff policy, according to a Chico State expert. -
Marco Ugarte/AP PhotoHealth officials say people may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease if they were at Redding Christian School in Palo Cedro from Feb. 11-13. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from February 19 to February 25. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRChico Unified will keep its nearly $2 million school surveillance system, but district leaders are backing away from its artificial intelligence features, including facial recognition. -
Lindsey Wasson/AP PhotoShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
VerkadaA $2 million contract for AI-powered cameras in Chico schools is back up for debate after parents and teachers raised privacy concerns. -
Ben Margot/AP PhotoMore snowfall and gusty winds are expected across the North State through Wednesday, and PG&E says localized power outages are likely as snow levels drop to around 1,000 feet. -
Screenshot of House Natural Resources Committee Democrats YouTube channel by Andre ByikWatch Duty CEO John Mills said confusion during the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County resulted in people evacuating from “fairly safe areas directly into the path of the fire.”
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By staying out of wars, keeping quiet and building trust, Oman plays a historic role as mediator in the U.S.-Iran talks.
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In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV. -
Trump announced that Federal agencies would be cease using Anthropic's tools within six months. -
The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low. -
The nearly $111 billion marriage would unite Paramount and Warner film studios, streamers and television properties — including CNN — under the control of the wealthy Ellison family. -
While previous documentaries captured the frenzy of Beatlemania, Man on the Run focuses on McCartney in the years between the band's breakup and John Lennon's death.
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