A 48-year-old female, armed with a rifle, was fatally shot by a deputy during an active investigation in Butte County, California, after she threatened to shoot the deputies on the scene.

Some unsettled issues could land with the Council of Commissioners and a committee reviewing Butte-Silver Bow's government.

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 ...

The Sawlog Fire is now estimated to be at 1,412 acres. The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest said this change is due to ...

The Sawlog fire near Wise River remained at 1,500 acres early Monday, with 65 personnel at the scene, including eight smokejumpers. A mix of snow and rain is falling in the area, but a ...

Musician Tim Montana received a tourism award this week from the Montana Department of Commerce recognizing loyalty to his ...

Butte County's Emergency Evacuation Plan has been recognized by the American Planning Association's Small Town and Rural ...

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

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

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an update to the county’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, the first since ...

For the past four years in Butte, first responders have been training sophomores in high school how to do CPR, and they say ...

The crash occurred around 2:52 p.m. and involved a black pickup truck and a brown Nissan Sentra, according to reports from the Butte County Fire Department and the California Highway Patrol. The ...