Biggs News

Field of dreams: Bayliss Ranch is planning to open its doors for special events and tours.

Open July 4, on Oro Dam Boulevard in the Golden State Auto Body parking lot. Please stop by and support your local Little League.

Six week series, July 1-29, Wednesdays at Oroville Municipal Auditorium, 11 a.m.-noon. Ages 7 and older; all skill levels.

Registration is now taking place for Oroville Youth Soccer at Feather River Recreation and Park District from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1200 Myers St.

June 9, 2009 - Herlong's Andrea 'Peanut' Owen placed in the top ten over three events at the recent Northern Section California Interscholastic Federation finals held at West Valley High School in Cottonwood, Calif., on Friday, May 29.

BE CREATIVE & EXPRESS YOURSELF @ YOUR LIBRARY THIS SUMMER! Explore the worlds of music, dance, art, books and more.

Entries for all competitive exhibits, including livestock, can be submitted now for the Butte County Fair, which will run Aug.

Like the Sword of Damocles, the state budget hangs over Butte County Libraries, but the staff have gone ahead to plan children's reading programs through June.

Flames filled a one-story house east of Gridley this morning. People passing by the house at 1707 Highway 70 reported the house burning at 9 a.m., said Battalion Chief Mike Brown of Cal Fire-Butte County.

A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Monday on the first leg of a ferry flight to return the spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A second suit was filed in superior court Thursday over dredging in the Feather river opposite Oroville.

Sunday benefit country breakfast served 7:30-11 a.m. May 31 by Fraternal Order of Eagles No.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle Firefighter Tony Sonday said he remembers almost nothing about the massive heart attack that nearly took his life May 9. If not for artery graft scars on his legs, burns from defibrillator paddles, and the stories of heroism and near tragedy flying around his fire station in Gridley, he ...

With business still in a slump, 460 California cities got word this week that they won't be getting as much sales tax revenue for May as they were expecting.

A proposal to snake two new high-voltage transmission lines through Butte County generated nothing but static during Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.

Fire in an alley behind several commercial buildings on B Street early this morning was mostly confined to a pile of firewood and a camper shell.

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military cleared vegetation with an herbicide known as Agent Orange.

Imagine getting out of a stuffy classroom and spending the day in the fresh air, surrounded by music, art and food.

Been to your library lately? Local libraries are still buzzing with activity, but some things are gone - such as Monday hours at Gridley, Oroville and Paradise.

More than 100 area residents came to the Farmer's Hall, on the Butte County Fairgrounds, to get news they probably didn't want to hear.