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The Glenn County Sheriff's Office will provide law enforcement services to the city of Willows through the end of this year following a contract stalemate.
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The North Valley Harm Reduction Coalition has been asked by the city of Chico to cease operation of its syringe access program after being issued a notice of violating an ordinance that bans syringe exchange programs or “anything similar to them.” Also, a request to Butte County for a March 2024 special election for Valley’s Edge was requested by the Chico City Council, and the city of Willows finalized a contract with the Glenn County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement services through the end of this year.
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If you live in California and you’ve been stressing about getting your taxes in, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Yesterday the IRS gave Californians another month to file taxes. Also, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will meet today to potentially vote on a new county public health officer, and nearly half a million health care workers in California will get a pay boost next year under a new law raising the industry’s minimum wage.
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The privacy of transgender students has become a controversial topic for school boards across the state. Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County has implemented a policy that requires staff to notify parents if a student asks to use a name or gender identity that is different from what’s on their school records. Also, the city of Willows has opted to form its own law enforcement agency after a contract with the county sheriff’s department has ended, and the Klamath National Forest says cooler temperatures and shorter days have led to ideal conditions for prescribed burning.
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For years, wildfire survivors have asked the federal government to stop taxing settlement money from disastrous wildfires, and a bill doing just that is getting bipartisan support. But recent turmoil in Congress has delayed it. Also, the city of Willows in Glenn County may soon be without police and animal control services after a contract with the sheriff’s office expired in June, and yesterday kicked off Fat Bear Week, which recognizes brown bear and salmon conservation efforts across the country.
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Contentious plans aimed at replacing the nearly full Glenn County Landfill with a high-tech waste facility near Hamilton City took a significant step…
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With West Nile Virus on the rise, county vector control departments are working hard to kill mosquitos. They’re fumigating roads and fumigating by plane.…