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The Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation in Trinity County now owns and takes care of 78 acres of ancestral land. The tribe is also hoping to win their decades-long fight for federal recognition. Also, officials estimate nearly 2.5 million pounds of coal spilled into the Middle Fork of the Feather River after a train derailed Sunday, and more than a hundred people gathered at the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology yesterday to remember the museum’s namesake.
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Applications are now open for prescribed fire training in Plumas County. A train derailed Sunday, sending coal into the Feather River and today is the last day of the annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit and Day of Action.
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Part of Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon is still closed after a rockslide earlier this week. Also, cars and trucks made and sold in California would have to be equipped with technology preventing them from traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit under a new bill in the state Legislature, and Californians have relied on the hotline to get same-day prescriptions of Paxlovid — the medication that treats COVID-19. When the hotline shuts down, this easy access will come to an end too.
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Berry Creek residents are celebrating the recent Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimous decision to give Bear Fire survivors an additional 18 months to live in RVs and trailers on their properties, but some in the burn scar still have concerns about the price of permits and the rebuilding process. Also, the Nor Cal Roller Girls are gearing up for their first home game since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the California Department of Water Resources is hosting a series of rafting trips on the Feather River through mid-November.
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Among the Camp Fire’s destruction were parts of a historic artificial waterway. Aside from generating a small amount of electricity for Pacific Gas and…
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Getting through the Feather River Canyon late next week will take lots patience or excellent timing. Caltrans will entirely close 11-miles of State route…
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The body of a Thermalito teen who went missing on the Feather River last week was found this weekend. According to the Chico Enterprise-Record, the boy’s…
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Parts of the Feather River will roil with whitewater this weekend, providing thrills for boaters, along with heightened dangers.Water flows will more than…
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A fishing excursion took a grisly turn Saturday when fishermen along the Feather River stumbled upon human remains near Gridley.Authorities are attempting…
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A quickly reproducing invasive pest is colonizing both the Feather and Yuba Rivers and officials fret the creature could disrupt one of California’s…