A new wildfire was reported today at 7:26 p.m. in Butte County. Upham Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, ...

Authorities are currently responding to a hazardous materials (hazmat) incident involving an ammonia leak at Pacific Coast ...

An ammonia leak at a cannery caused the building to be evacuated Thursday until firefighters deemed it had been safely ventilated.

After a gunman opened fire at a small, private Butte County elementary school, deputies have been diligently working to piece ...

The Oroville Police Department (OPD) has requested residents near the 1600 block of Mitchell Avenue to voluntarily evacuate following a hazardous materials inci ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:32 a.m. Jan. 22 in Butte County. Lodge Fire has been burning on private land for 19 hours.

Kevin Carlson, the man accused of setting the historic Bidwell Mansion on fire, appeared in Butte County Superior Court on ...

Just as the Camp Fire displaced around 50,000 people in Butte County, the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst, Lidia and Sunset fires have left thousands of people without a home in Southern California.

A news conference is scheduled for Monday at the Butte County District Attorney’s Office ... nearly burned to the ground in an early morning fire in central Chico on December 11.

The charges against Kevin Carlson include intentional arson with an enhancement, as investigators believe Carlson used either a Molotov cocktail or gasoline to ignite the blaze that caused extensive d ...

In the second regular meeting of the new Oroville City Council, leaders took sight at owners of vacant or abandoned properties.