City Councilors on Tuesday approved a number of measures to improve wildfire safety in city limits, including an update to its 40-year-old weed abatement ordnance; formation of an Oroville Fire ...

OROVILLE — Butte County is bolstering its fire safety operations after the approval of an overhaul to its current plans. This ...

As warm weather begins to grace Butte County, Cal Fire Butte County is urging property owners to exercise caution with ...

“The Butte County Community Wildfire Protection Plan has been developed using the goals and objectives identified by local fire departments, Butte County Fire Safe Council, and other community ...

A fire broke out at a Chico school, was contained, but then another fire had to be fought in the same building hours later.

Harvey, Butte-Silver Bow Fire Chief Zach Osborne and county Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher ... Many volunteer firefighters and department chiefs have testified against the bill for those reasons.

The American Planning Association’s Small Town & Rural Planning Division awarded Butte County the Vernon Deines Award for an ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry finished conducting prescribed burns near Butte Falls Thursday. Officials say these ...

Crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry will be conducting controlled burns near Butte Falls this week. The two-day burn, aimed at furthering fire mitigation efforts, is scheduled for Wednesday ...

Butte County adopted its first Community Wildfire ... which has been an ongoing collaborator with the state and county fire departments in planning and conducting operations.