The numbers surfaced in a year-end roundup first shared by Action News Now, which credited the council with removing 8,800 hazard trees in the three burn areas and providing defensible-space work at ...

Trustee Cathy Yanni says a settlement with a contractor means a series of procedural steps are required, and that process ...

As the wet season ebbs and flows, those looking toward the ridges on the eastern side of Butte County will start to notice ...

OROVILLE — A year after the Park and Thompson fires, Butte County’s two most destructive wildfires of 2024, cleaning and recovery efforts are still underway. The Butte County Board of Supervisors will ...

A Stockton man was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Butte County resident's property in retaliation, Cal Fire officials said. Crews from Cal Fire Butte Unit responded to Sam Lynn Way around ...

OROVILLE — Butte County is bolstering its fire safety operations after the approval of an overhaul to its current plans. This plan is generally updated every five years, but the latest edition is a ...

Public outrage, failed projects, major election changes and a chance at closure after losing one of Butte County’s most ...

Two men face arson charges in unrelated Butte County cases after Cal Fire investigators arrested them last week in connection with two wildfires in Oroville that were quickly stopped by firefighters.

A new prescribed burn, called 2026 Butte County Piles, was initiated today at 8:59 a.m. in Lassen County, California. The ...

BUTTE COUNTY – The Oroville man suspected of starting the Thompson Fire in Butte County was officially arraigned on arson charges, officials said Monday. Spencer Anderson, 26, was charged with arson ...

The Butte County Air Quality Management District said today and tomorrow are permissive burn days, meaning outdoor ...

PARADISE, Calif. -- Hot spots burning throughout Paradise illuminate what would otherwise be total darkness in a town that remains without power. RELATED: MAPS: A look at the Camp Fire in Butte County ...