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Work continues on the damaged spillway at Lake Oroville. - Dan Reidel — Chico Enterprise-Record

More delays for relicensing; appointments needed from Trump

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Oroville >> What’s new with the relicensing of Oroville Dam now that parts of the dam, mainly the main spillway, look a lot different?More waiting.Oroville and the Feather River Recreation...

Adventures in Prospecting owner Joey Wilson shows a piece of quartz with gold in it .Wilson said finding gold in quartz is rare. He bought the find from another prospector. - Chico Enterprise-Record

Flooding bring fresh prospects for gold mining

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

OROVILLE >> Now is not the time to quit your day job in hopes of striking it rich. However, people with a new or renewed interest in gold mining may...

La Niña may arrive, or just as likely stay away

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Sacramento >> The best guess about the weather forecast for the next several months is that its anybody’s guess.There could be more rain and snow, less rain and snow or...

Dead or dying trees like this large one near the Paradise Veterans Hall on the Skyway are suffering from years of drought. Bill Husa — Enterprise-Record

Threat from Bark beetles, millions of dead trees

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Oroville >> More rain arrived in Northern California this year, which is good news overall. Yet, more bad news is lurking in the forest: Bark beetles.In fact, those bark beetles...

Bee thieves stealing hives by the truckload

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

CHICO >> High prices for bee rental and a short supply of bee hives has resulted in brazen bee thefts.Thieves have been pulling into an orchard and loading bee boxes...

After seeing 40 to 50 animals per day coming into a veterinarian office in Middleton last year during the Valley Fire, veterinarian office manager Teresa Axthelm has seen firsthand why animal rescue training is needed. Axthelm looks through a calendar, as she relates stories about the people and pets displaced by the fire that ravaged Lake County. Axthelm hopes to take what she learns at the North Valley Animal Disaster Group’s annual training for new members at the Butte County Public Safety Training Grounds on Openshaw Road in Butte Valley, California, back home to help in the next emergency. - Dan Reidel — Chico Enterprise-Record

Volunteers gain skills to save animals during disasters

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BUTTE VALLEY >> In September fires raced through Lake County, scorching more than 76,000 acres before the Valley Fire was reduced to a smolder.Nearly 1,300 homes were burned and hundreds...

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