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Honor Your Lost Loved Ones This Dia de los Muertos

Oct 22, 2025 09:11AM ● By Seti Long

The Gridley community welcomes back the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration for its fifth consecutive year

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Council Takes Steps Toward Cost Savings

Oct 22, 2025 09:07AM ● By Shaunna Boyd

At the Live Oak City Council meeting on Oct. 15, resident Dale Carlson submitted a written public comment discussing his concerns about the city’s precarious financial position due to what he called a pattern of “reckless spending.”

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Harvest Festival Brings Fall Fun to Christian Life Assembly

Oct 22, 2025 09:00AM ● By Cindy Scott

The Trunk or Treat Harvest Festival at Christian Life gathers community members to celebrate the fall season

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Butte College Awarded $5.4 Million in TRIO Student Support Grants

Oct 22, 2025 08:55AM ● By Butte College News Release

Butte-Glenn Community College District has received four federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grants totaling $5.4 million to enhance services for students through the 2029–2030 academic year.

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Supervisors Greenlight Bi-County Ambulance Contract Negotiations

Oct 20, 2025 05:44PM ● By Susan Meeker

The Boards of Supervisors for Yuba and Sutter counties have authorized the Sierra-Sacramento Valley Emergency Medical Services Agency to begin negotiating new contracts with Bi-County Ambulance, the region’s exclusive emergency transport provider.

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Butte County Invites Palermo Residents to Community Meeting on Flooding Solutions

Oct 17, 2025 04:08PM ● By Butte County Department of Water & Resource Conservation News Release

The Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation invites Palermo residents to attend a Community Outreach Meeting on Wednesday Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. to review the results of the Palermo Drainage Master Plan and discuss next steps to reduce flooding in the area.

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Titans 14U

Oct 15, 2025 11:20AM ● By Randall Huff

This past Sunday the 14U Titans had a home game against the last Plumas Jr Thunderbirds. The Titans unfortunately came up short in a loss to the Thunderbirds.

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Titans 8U Down Thunderbirds

Oct 15, 2025 10:51AM ● By Dustin Terrel

The 8u Gridley Titans hosted the Las Plumas Jr. Thunderbirds on Sunday and were unable to come away with a victory, losing 20-26.

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California Prepares for Extreme Weather Swings as New Water Year Begins

Oct 15, 2025 10:42AM ● By California Department of Water Resources News Release

While California’s climate has always swung between dry and wet conditions, the past five years have proven what climate science has predicted: California must be prepared for extreme weather events of all kinds, even simultaneous drought and flood conditions.

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Walnuts Crack Top Spot in Crop Rankings

Oct 15, 2025 10:04AM ● By Susan Meeker

Walnuts shelled the competition for the top spot in Butte County’s agriculture rankings, generating $150.3 million and outpacing almonds and rice for the first time, according to the county’s annual Crop and Livestock Report.

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Tasting 21

Oct 15, 2025 09:54AM ● By Seti Long

Quotas 21 Annual Tasting Event returns in time for fall of 2025, to be held Saturday Oct. 25.

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Council Discusses Options to Address “Severe” Structural Deficit

Oct 15, 2025 09:32AM ● By Shaunna Boyd

At the Oct. 1 meeting of the Live Oak City Council, a resident spoke during public comment to share plans for a citizens’ initiative in the next election.

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Gridley Sports Complex Facing Soil Snag

Oct 15, 2025 09:26AM ● By Susan Meeker

Alarmed by unstable soil conditions at Gridley’s new sports complex, city officials fear the discovery of “quicksand” beneath proposed lighting foundations could inflate construction costs and challenge what the city has budgeted for the project.

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Welcome Home Wheeler Ranch and Realty

Oct 15, 2025 09:10AM ● By Seti Long

Kari Wheeler returns to her roots with Wheeler Ranch Realty, opening the doors to her new location in hometown Biggs.

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Cell Tower Decision Stalls Amid Aviation Safety Concerns

Oct 08, 2025 11:42AM ● By Susan Meeker

The Butte County Planning Commission voted 4-1 to delay action on a proposed 100-foot wireless cell tower in Richvale rice country, following testimony from agricultural pilots, residents and aviation operators.

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Chico State to Host an Interfaith Forum

Oct 08, 2025 11:27AM ● By California State University-Chico News Release

Explore Shared Purpose Among Religions

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‘I Voted’ Sticker Design Contest Deadline Oct. 31

Oct 08, 2025 11:03AM ● By Butte County News Release

Keaton Denlay, the Butte County Registrar of Voters, is reminding youth about the contest to design the ‘I Voted’ sticker for the 2026 Statewide Elections.

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2025 Statewide Special Election Ballots in the Mail

Oct 08, 2025 10:46AM ● By Butte County News Release

Keaton Denlay, Butte County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters, announced that the 2025 Statewide Special Election Vote-by-Mail Packets were sent out Oct. 6.

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Werner Wins BIG!

Oct 08, 2025 10:44AM ● By Seti Long

Local Brian Werner has been growing giant pumpkins in Biggs and hauling them to weigh-ins throughout the north state, such as the National Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Bishops Pumpkin Patch, the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival (EGGPF) and the Half Moon Bay World Champion Pumpkin Weigh Off.

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Local Commitment Key to Fairgrounds’ Survival

Oct 08, 2025 10:37AM ● By Susan Meeker

The Butte County Fair is a beloved tradition, but behind the cotton candy and carnival lights lies a sobering truth: it takes more than nostalgia to keep the fairgrounds alive.

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Put Your Best Foot Forward with Dr. Berman

Oct 08, 2025 10:23AM ● By Seti Long, photos by Seti Long

Recently, Dr. Joel Berman DPM moved his podiatry practice from the Medical Specialty Center to a new office located at 947 Magnolia Street Gridley.

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Hello Harvest!

Oct 08, 2025 10:19AM ● By Seti Long, photos by Seti Long

First Gridley Harvest Festival is a Hit!

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Butte College Prepares for 2025 Bountiful Butte Harvest Festival

Oct 08, 2025 10:06AM ● By Butte College News Release

Butte College is gearing up to host its third annual Bountiful Butte Harvest Festival, a vibrant day filled with family-friendly activities and community celebrations.

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City of Live Oak Faces Severe Budget Deficit, Council Exploring Options

Oct 08, 2025 08:22AM ● By City of Live Oak News Release

The City of Live Oak is facing a severe structural budget deficit, with a shortfall of nearly $1.9 million in its General Fund for the 2025–2026 fiscal year.

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City of Live Oak to Cancel Public Safety Contracts with Sutter County

Oct 07, 2025 04:16PM ● By Sutter County, Sutter County Sheriff's Office and Sutter County Fire Department Joint News Release

The City of Live Oak City Council took action on Wednesday, Oct. 1 to discontinue its public safety service contracts with both the Sutter County Fire Department and the Sutter County Sheriff's Office.

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Gridley and Live Oak Holds on for Victories as Biggs Drops Second-Straight Game

Oct 01, 2025 10:36AM ● By YSBC

The Gridley Bulldogs football team won their fourth-consecutive game to open the 2025 season on Friday, Sept. 26 as they won a nail biter 7-3 over the Paradise Bobcats.

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Enloe Medical Center Named Among Best Regional Hospitals

Oct 01, 2025 10:04AM ● By Enloe Health Media News Release

U.S. News & World Report ranked Enloe Health Enloe Medical Center as a Northern Sierras Best Regional Hospital for the sixth consecutive year.

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A Grand Re-Opening

Oct 01, 2025 09:56AM ● By Seti Long

Wheeler is holding a grand re-opening of her business at a new Biggs location, in the heart of B Street.

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Halloween Roundup!

Oct 01, 2025 09:51AM ● By MPG Staff

Halloween is fast approaching! Time to decide what to dress up as and be fa-boo-lous! Here are some fun events happening around the Tri City area to have a skele-ton of fun!

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Freshman Lions go Loco for “Coco” with their homecoming float

Lions Attack Homecoming

Oct 01, 2025 09:46AM ● By Seti Long

The stealth approach that the Live Oak Lions had on homecoming, paid off big-time.

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Get the Junk Out of the Trunk!

Oct 01, 2025 09:40AM ● By Seti Long

Gridley to Host 14-Mile Yard Sale

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Soccer League Takes Step in the Right Direction

Oct 01, 2025 09:35AM ● By Seti Long

As the whistles blew and games started this last weekend, Gridley Parks & Recreations Soccer League took a step forward in the right direction after a rough start to the season.

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Ballots Heading Out for High-Stakes Redistricting Vote

Oct 01, 2025 09:11AM ● By Susan Meeker

Vote-by-mail ballots will begin arriving in Butte County mailboxes on Monday, Oct. 7, launching California’s most costly and politically charged statewide special election.

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Supervisors’ Pay Hike Set to Begin

Oct 01, 2025 08:46AM ● By Susan Meeker

Butte County supervisors will see their annual salaries more than double next week, following a contentious 3-2 vote earlier this summer to align their compensation with that of California state legislators.

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New Law Forces Behavioral Health Overhaul

Oct 01, 2025 08:39AM ● By Susan Meeker

Gridley hosted the first in a series of regional meetings as Butte County prepares for sweeping changes under California’s new Behavioral Health Services Act, which takes effect July 1, 2026.

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