Free to Read and Paid for by the People Who Read It REDDING — A year ago, five people decided the North State deserved a paper that would publish news worth reading without charging people for the privilege of reading it. Gary Peyrot, Kari Chilson, Elisa Ballard, Margaret Cantrell, and Jerry Sanchez started Shasta Unfiltered in September 2025. No corporate newsroom. No grant from a liberal NGO with a preferred viewpoint stapled to the check. A small crew of patriots, a websi