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Photo of Allen Lemont Charles. Courtesy of the Butte County Sheriff's Office.

Butte College police officer pleads not guilty on all charges related to child pornography

Jessica Miller, News Editor // October 25, 2024

Butte College police officer, Allen Lamont Charles, pled not guilty to four felony charges related to child pornography during his court arraignment Friday morning.  Charles was arrested on Aug. 28...

Orion News graphic created by Jessica Miller on Aug. 30

Orion news weekly highlights: Sept. 1 to 6

Jessica Miller, News Editor // September 6, 2024

From new campus buildings to internet outages to the arrest of a Butte College police officer, here are this week’s - Sept. 1 to 6 - news stories: Chico State’s bike path ownership exchange The Chico...

Photo of the police officer that was arrested on Aug. 28. Courtesy of the Butte County Sheriff's Office.

Butte College police officer found in possession of child porn

Seamus Bozeman, Reporter // September 1, 2024

The Butte County Sheriff's Office arrested a Butte College campus police officer after detectives found evidence that he had distributed child porn multiple times between 2019 and 2023. Allen Charles...

Talia Swangler running in race at the Cross Country Championships. Photo credit: Gary Towne

Cross country runner pushes on through tragedy

Karina Cope // November 17, 2019

Talia Swangler was raised in Paradise and attended Butte College after high school. She then transferred to Chico State before the start of her junior year. Less than three months after her transition,...

A new welding and manufacturing building has been opened at Butte College Photo credit: Jessie Imhoff

Butte College holds ceremony for new welding building

Jessie Imhoff // October 20, 2019

Butte College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday in order to celebrate their new welding and manufacturing facility.The welding program at Butte College is one of the technical programs that the...

The terrain looked better after the goats ate up the overgrowth. Photo credit: Melissa Herrera

Goats in Butte County help control overgrowth

Jessie Imhoff // September 17, 2019

A herd of 488 goats have been deployed in Upper Bidwell Park as a cost-saving measure to remove invasive species and dangerous plants, including those that pose a fire risk.The goats, owned by Capra Environmental...

Samia Yaqub in front of her third story window where she could see damages from the Camp Fire on the outskirts of the Butte College campus. Photo credit: Josh Cozine

Butte College weathers the Camp Fire, lends assistance to Cal Fire and students

Josh Cozine // December 5, 2018

President of Butte College, Samia Yaqub, stood up and walked over to the south-facing window of her office on the third floor of the Student and Administrative Services building of the college’s main...

Ken Grossman and wife Katie Gonser donated to fund education in Butte County. Image courtesy of Melissa Cafferata-Ainsworth of Sierra Nevada Brewery.

Large donation kickstarts fundraiser for free education

Tisha Cheney // February 1, 2018

Alumni Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewery, and his wife Katie Gonser donated $1 million to Butte College this week.The purpose of the donation is to sponsor the implementation of the new Promise...

Ronald Carcamo (left) and Rwejuna Nyundo (right) are the co-founders of "Pristine Parties" Photo credit: Sophia Robledo-Borowy

‘Pristine Parties’ service ensures safety during nights out

Sophia Robledo-Borowy // September 22, 2017

Chico State students create a safer party scene for the community with “Pristine Parties,” a party entertainment service. Junior concrete management majors Rwejuna Nyundo and Ronald Carcamo co-founded...

Butte Colleges Office of Title IX Coordinator new procedures against sexual assault. Photo credit: Christian Solis

Sexual assault investigation at Butte College

Christian Solis // August 25, 2017

Butte College caught in sexual assault investigations.Butte reached a resolution agreement with the Office of Civil Rights, after a four-year case.In 2012, a student reported rape by an athlete at an off-campus...

Butte College Photo credit: Ryan Corrall

Promise Pathways coming to Butte County

Daniel Wright // March 27, 2017

Chico State, along with Butte College and Chico Unified Schools, is looking to create a K-20 program to help children in the north state attend college. Several similar models are being considered for...

The league of women hosted an open forum in the PAC Tuesday. Photo credit: Amelia Storm

Chico State hosts local election forum

Amelia Storm // May 4, 2016

The Butte County division of the League of Women Voters hosted their final candidate forum on May 3 for the District 1 primary election. The forum took place in the Harlan Adams Theatre and sought to...

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