Habitat for Humanity of Butte County has been awarded a $125,000 disaster recovery and resilience grant from Verizon, as part ...

Construction is underway for a new U.S. Forest Service fire station in Chico. The previous station was destroyed during the 2020 North Complex Fire.

While 2024 brought large-scale incidents in Butte County, such as the Park and ThompsonFires, 2025 was a calmer year for Cal Fire Butte County.Cal Fire Butte P ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:01 a.m. in Butte County, California. Verjeles Fire has been burning on private land.

Cal Fire-Butte County is conducting a prescribed burn at the Doe Mill Ridge between Forest Ranch and Magalia. The project “Doe Mill Rx,” will span 30 acres and continue through Tuesday, according to a ...

PARADISE, Calif. -- When the Camp Fire broke out in Butte County on Nov. 8, 2018, thousands of residents were forced to flee as the blaze spread at a startling pace. The inferno left at least 85 dead ...

The Butte County Fire Safe Council and Floral Native Nursery organized a tree giveaway in Cohasset. Young sugar pine and ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, named Fy26 ...