Mike Wolcott

Chico

I'm the editor of the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury-Register. We are passionate about community journalism. https://t.co/ctSykn8KRk .

Articles

Nature delivers a walk on the wild side | Editor’s notes

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Mike Wolcott

No matter the workload, I allow myself one perk every afternoon: a walk to the mailbox. I usually do this around 4 p.m. It's a good chance to clear my mind before the final deadline rush, and it's a good time for the dogs to get outside and do, well, what good dogs do after they've been stuck in the house for several hours. The mailbox is about a quarter of a mile away, and I usually take a shortcut through a field.
Nature delivers a walk on the wild side | Editor’s notes

1 week ago | chicoer.com | Mike Wolcott

Summertime and the living is easy (and a tad boring) | New in Town
More should get expedited processing like South Africans | Christine Flowers

2 weeks ago | redbluffdailynews.com | Mike Wolcott

I am writing this column on an Amtrak train to Newark. My destination is immigration court, where I will try and obtain asylum for an abused woman from Central America. So you can imagine that I have more than a little interest in the topic of refugees. That’s why my antenna went up when I […] Originally Published: May 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM PDT
On Mom: Logging trucks, rattlesnakes and my mom’s flowers

3 weeks ago | chicoer.com | Mike Wolcott

Anyone who knows where I grew up remembers the house for one thing: my mom’s flowers. Every summer, people from all over the area would drive to Flournoy just to see the zinnias, marigolds, geraniums and other beautiful blooms in our front yard. It was a stunning display: marigolds that stood out almost like poppies in a field, and zinnias that … well … they just usually didn’t grow that high, or shine so brightly.
On Mom: Logging trucks, rattlesnakes and my mom’s flowers

3 weeks ago | orovillemr.com | Mike Wolcott

On Mom: Living proof that you can do it all
Old-school idea still gets the job done | Editor’s notes

3 weeks ago | orovillemr.com | Mike Wolcott

Old-school idea still gets the job done | Editor’s notes
Old-school idea still gets the job done | Editor’s notes

3 weeks ago | chicoer.com | Mike Wolcott

As noted in this space with a fair amount of frequency lately, I’m always surprised when people ask me to speak at their events. I’m lucky that many of those invitations come from journalism classes at Chico State. I never fail to get a charge out of spending an hour or so with the students, and I’m hoping some of them actually learn something from the old guy rambling on about the good old days. There is one thing I always say that I really hope they take to heart.
When youth serves a big helping of optimism | Editor’s notes

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Mike Wolcott

"Are you lost?"I get that a lot. Must be a gift. On this particular day, I was wandering around Nash's Restaurant. I'd been invited to a luncheon, and I couldn't find it. (Which, frankly, is a heck of a thing to admit when the luncheon is somewhere within the walls of the restaurant.)I turned around to see who was asking me if I was lost this time, and there sat Sean Morgan, the former mayor of Chico and recently retired city councilor.
When youth serves a big helping of optimism | Editor’s notes

1 month ago | chicoer.com | Mike Wolcott

Being governor of our state is more than a consolation prize | Other views
Letter: Thanks to LaMalfa for tax refund check

1 month ago | chicoer.com | Mike Wolcott

I wanted to say a hearty “Well Done” to our 1st District U.S. Congressman the honorable Doug LaMalfa. Today I received a “capital gains tax refund” check from the IRS. The refund was for capital gains taxes that I paid on my PG&E Camp Fire Settlement. Congressman LaMalfa sponsored the original bill that eventually made the settlement payments “tax free.”Me and tens of thousands of other Butte County residents got refunds.