Numerous Chico State students left unemployed following shelter-in-place order
Marco Day and Keyla De Los Santos
April 4, 2020
After Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-30-22 ordering individuals to shelter-in-place starting March 19, many businesses in Butte County not categorized as critical adjusted to the new regulations, resulting in many businesses temporarily closing their doors. This left many students working both on and off campus unemployed. Students who work on-campus have ...
Unemployment slows, new jobs created
Jacqueline Morales
February 7, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that unemployment rates slightly changed to 4.8 percent for Jan.According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, 227,000 new jobs have been added in the last month.The main areas include retail trade, construction and financial services. "It is a really encouraging...
Fire department cuts personnel, 15 face layoffs
Katia Berg
October 31, 2016
Fifteen Chico firefighters face losing their jobs as federal grant funding is lost. In early 2014, a $5.3 million grant was approved by City Council to fund over a dozen positions for the Fire Department. In two years, the grant money diminished significantly, forcing local firefighters to come to th...
