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Butte County is giving away up to 1,500 emergency ALERT FM receivers to eligible residents in unincorporated communities. The devices provide official emergency alerts during disasters, even when cell service is down.
Shows and Podcasts
Cultivating Place: Slow Design, Thoughtful Places, Andrew Fisher Tomlin
Andrew Fisher Tomlin is widely acknowledged as leading the development of a distinct professional career path in planting design through his own work and as a Director of Environmental Design at the London College of Garden Design in London and Melbourne, where he has mentored some of the most exciting new designers coming out of the UK and Australia over the past 20 years.
Aldridge passed over for Chico city manager | Judge orders sheriff to keep policing Willows | It’s heating up in the North State
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Nancy's Bookshelf: In search of a new life
In her memoir "Midstream: A Life Remade in 50 Swims," fourth-generation Chicoan Kate Washington chronicles diving feet first into a new life.
Plumas County ends emergency RV housing rules | Siskiyou supervisors hear AI data center concerns | California launches wildfire detection satellites
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
In depth — Chico library shooting and its apparent online ties
A researcher of online extremism says the suspect in the deadly shooting may fit into a newer pattern of violent online communities.
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Mariam Zuhaib/AP PhotoA University of Virginia legal expert says the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump’s birthright citizenship order could raise new questions about citizenship documents for immigrant families, including in the North State. -
Carlos Kosienski/Sipa USA via AP PhotoThe Trump administration is moving federal oversight of special education to the Department of Health and Human Services, raising questions about what the change could mean for North State students with disabilities. -
NSPRBeginning Monday, July 6, North State Public Radio will air the "BBC World Service" at 9 p.m. on weeknights. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRPerforming for nearly a decade and co-producer of the Stardust Review, Majors continues to push boundaries while prioritizing audience connection and creating inclusive community spaces through burlesque. -
Chico Theater CompanyChico Theater Company is staging Neil Simon's “Rumors,” a fast-paced comedy about friendship, assumptions and a dinner party gone terribly wrong. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRButte County's library security contract allowed for standing guards. But officials said they had never seen the need to assign one to the Chico library before Monday's shooting. -
Pool photographer Jose Luis Villegas/The Sacramento BeeBradley Scott Sayer, 18, is charged with two counts of murder and did not immediately enter a plea at his initial court hearing in Oroville. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from June 25 to June 28.
NPR News
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A newly announced ban on smartphones for government workers, police and military personnel is spilling over into healthcare and educational facilities. Ordinary citizens worry they'll be next. -
The exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran appeared to have stopped overnight Thursday as Iran buried its Supreme Leader.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with retired four-star general Joseph Votel about U.S. bases in the Middle East in the midst of the Iran War.
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Prosecutors allege that Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination, admitted to the murder in messages read aloud to the courtroom Thursday.
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Two 15-year-olds were allegedly drinking alcohol and shooting toy guns from a driverless taxi when the company disabled it and alerted police. -
When the U.S. brokered a ceasefire last year, Israel controlled half of Gaza. Now Israeli forces have pushed deeper, and Palestinians are paying a deadly price.
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