Mike Wolcott

I have friends who flat-out refuse to drive on Highway 99 north of Chico or Highway 32 west of Chico anymore.

It wasn’t a matter of “Will Foreman win?” There was an actual fear among many boxing fans that Muhammad Ali might die in the ring that night. If ever there was a night in sports h…

It wasn't a matter of "Will Foreman win?" There was an actual fear among many boxing fans that Muhammad Ali might die in the ring that night. If ever there was a night in sports history when magic prevailed over logic, this was it.

It’s time again to choose some community members to serve on our editorial board, and also a new foursome of North State Voices columnists.

Measure H, a Butte County initiative that would increase the sales tax by one cent, garnered nearly two-thirds of the vote in early returns released.

The race in District 3 — and with it, the council majority for the next two years — remained too close to call Friday as incumbent Dale Bennett's lead dropped to seven votes over challenger Monica McDaniel.

Gerontocracy, or rule by the elderly, has cost us dearly in recent years. Who can forget the image of 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein being wheeled into the Senate to cast the occasional vote? Or 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell freezing up during press conferences? Or 80-year-old cancer survivor Ruth Bader Ginsburg's polite rebuff of President […]

If there’s one thing this election once again showed, it’s that as much as you think you understand people on the other side — you probably don’t.

I am once again marveling at the fact that the older I get, the colder I get. You'd think all of these extra pounds I've so carefully cultivated over the years would help, right? Wrong. More weight, I've learned, just means more body mass that needs to be warmed up.

I am once again marveling at the fact that the older I get, the colder I get. You'd think all of these extra pounds I've so carefully cultivated over the years would help, right?