The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, February 27.
In today’s episode:
- Unopposed races on Butte County’s primary ballot — Jamie Jiang, NSPR
- Butte supervisors race: District 4 challenger Joanna Warrens — Ava Norgrove, NSPR
- Shasta County could once again explore hand counting ballots — Roman Battaglia (JPR), The California Report
- Butte supervisors one step closer to bringing broadband to rural areas — Ken Devol , NSPR
Featured:
Experts say it’s critical that local governments use the same, standardized messaging during disasters. Yuba County officials recently changed evacuation messaging saying previous messaging was confusing.
In case you missed it:
- Butte County’s mental health services may face cutbacks if Prop. 1 passes — NSPR
- California State University student assistants are unionizing — CapRadio
- California lawmakers push utilities toward faster, more cost-effective wildfire safety improvements — The California Report
- California legislators propose closing more state prisons — CapRadio
- Butte County food pantries struggle to meet demand — NSPR
- Chico applies again for state homeless funding. What happened last time? — NSPR
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