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Wildfire settlements now free from state tax | Financial aid applications rise among high school students | California could see strong thunderstorms this week

Ken Devol

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, September 17, 2025.

A firefighter passes a home destroyed by the Boyles Fire in Clearlake, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.

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California wildfire survivors no longer have to pay state taxes on settlement payments

A new law means California wildfire survivors won’t have to pay state income taxes on settlement payments. It’s retroactive to 2021.

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Study warns of rising lightning, wildfire risk | North State COVID-19 surge | Scout The Wise releases 10th album

Ken Devol

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

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Butte County mental health programs face funding loss | Nevada, California sign wildfire pact | Congresswoman Matsui calls ICE visit ‘sanitized’

Erik Adams

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, September 8, 2025.

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Officials explain best wildfire resources | Three West Coast states team up for new vaccine alliance | Ex-corrections officer sues Tehama County officials

Erik Adams

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, September 4, 2025.

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Is the U.S. Forest Service wildfire-ready? | Goats grazing Lindo Channel | LaMalfa rejects Gallagher’s two-state proposal

Ken Devol

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

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West Nile death in Butte County | Study: wildfire home hardening defenses work | Chico State professor loses restraining order appeal

Erik Adams

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

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GOP files second redistricting lawsuit | Butte County may end library fines | Study finds wildfire smoke deaths underestimated

Erik Adams

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Firefighters battling wildfires that started from lightning strikes in Redding, Calif in August 2025.

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Thousands of lightning strikes spark nearly 60 fires in Shasta-Trinity forest

Alec Stutson

Over 5,000 lightning strikes hit the Shasta-Trinity National Forest over the last months, sparking nearly 60 fires and putting fire crews on high alert.

Park Fire survivors Trish Puterbaugh and husband Germain Boivin stand in the backyard of their son’s home in Cohasset, Calif. on July 23, 2025

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‘The heart of Cohasset is still here’: Park Fire survivors begin again

Erik Adams

One year after the Park Fire, survivors Germain Boivin and Trish Puterbaugh are starting over — right where they’ve always been: Cohasset.