Chico State lecturer joins Supes race

Sue Hilderbrand is running for the Butte County District 4 Board of Supervisors seat next year. Hilderbrand (pictured), former director of the Chico Peace and Justice Center, is a political science and criminal justice lecturer at Chico State.

District 4, which includes Biggs, Gridley, Thermalito, Durham and part of south Chico, is represented by board Chair Steve Lambert, who is not seeking a fourth term. Biggs Mayor Nathan Wilkinson and Tod Kimmelshue, a county water commissioner, also are in the running.

Other seats up for grabs are held by Bill Connelly, of District 1 (Oroville, Cherokee, Yankee Hill), and Doug Teeter, representing District 5, which encompasses Paradise and other Ridge communities.