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Butte County wildfire recovery needs | North State water conference focuses on unity | LaMalfa reintroduces Secure Rural Schools Act bill

By Erik Adams,
Ken Devol, Ava Norgrove
Published March 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM PDT

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

In today’s episode:

Butte County supervisors will soon send a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom detailing unmet needs regarding wildfire recovery. The board also discussed sending another letter to President Donald Trump and Congressman Doug LaMalfa about concerns regarding how tariffs could impact exports in the county.

Also, community leaders and policymakers met last week to discuss the future of water in California.

Plus, Friday is the deadline for approval of an act that would provide federal money to many schools in North State counties.

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Erik Adams
Erik began his role as NSPR's Butte County government reporter in September of 2023 as part of UC Berkeley's California Local News Fellowship. He received his bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal State LA earlier that year.
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Ken Devol
Ken came to NSPR through the back door as a volunteer, doing all the things that volunteers do. Almost nothing – nothing -- in his previous work experience suggests that he would ever be on public radio.
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Ava Norgrove
Ava is NSPR’s Morning Edition anchor and reporter. They previously worked on NPR’s Weekend Edition and NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered broadcasts and produced weekly national news stories focused on contextualizing national issues for individual communities. They love NorCal and spending time outdoors.
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