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February 4: Phil Hemenway & Hillary Lindauer Vasey
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: A new life in London
Retired professor Rebecca Knuth spent two years in London studying creative writing and tour guiding.
Measles in Shasta County | Chico State enrollment boosts budget | Butte libraries expand emergency alert access
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
California judge flags courthouse arrests in Shasta County | Chico council considering outsourcing public works jobs | ‘Hello, Dolly’ being performed in Chico
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
Anti-ICE protests grow in Chico | Former CapRadio executive charged with embezzlement | Shasta County reports measles case
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, February 2, 2026.
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Ken Devol/NSPRHundreds gathered near the Chico mall as part of a nationwide ‘ICE Out’ protest, following recent fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. -
NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from January 29 to February 5. -
Mark J. Terrill/AP PhotoA new “super flu” strain called subclade K is contributing to high case and hospitalization rates across California. Getting vaccinated remains the best way to avoid serious illness. -
Annelise Pierce/Shasta ScoutIn a statement sent out this past weekend, leaders at the megachurch in Redding said they didn’t do enough to address allegations of sexual misconduct against former minister Shawn Bolz. -
Erik Adams / NSPRHundreds gathered to remember the life of the late Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa in Chico Saturday. Just outside the event, a small group of protesters criticized LaMalfa’s political record. -
Erik Adams / NSPRU.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and widow Jill LaMalfa led a program that remembered the late congressman as a deeply religious man who connected with his North State constituents. -
Courtesy of Doug LaMalfa's campaign committee/FacebookFollow along as the NSPR news team covers the speakers and delivers on-the-ground reporting from the service. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRA bipartisan effort led by Sen. Adam Schiff and the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa aims to reopen Glenn Medical Center. Here’s where the legislation stands.
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Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events. -
US Olympic athletes are arriving and settling into their digs for the next couple of weeks in Italy. Curlers are amazed by the mountain scenery in Cortina; figure skaters are plant fostering in Milan; and the big air slopestyle women are "smashing pizzas" in Livigno. -
The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration officers in Minnesota by 700, but there's still no end date for the surge despite weeks of turmoil and the deaths of two U.S. citizens.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison what concessions leaders in his state are willing to make to secure a further withdrawal of federal immigration agents.
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As Nigeria battles multiple security crises, a single attack in the west left more than 160 people dead and raises new questions about who's really in control.
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President Trump's focus overseas may spare China for now, but Beijing still worries that his "America First" rhetoric hasn't softened what it calls U.S. "military adventurism."
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