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Parents say Visalia Unified’s Oak Ranch bus stop is a tragedy waiting to happen

For fifty years, Visalia Unified provided three bus stops inside the bucolic Oak Ranch development, just north of the St. John�...

The latest

Tulare County Voices at 210: Immigration crack-down: who is affected?

Raids on businesses, masked law enforcement abducting people off the street, detainees packed off to detention centers … t...

Tulare County Crop & Livestock Report highlights resilient, robust agricultural sector

The 2024 Crop & Livestock Report is in for Tulare County, and the numbers don’t lie. The latest breakdown indicates an inc...

Local opinions divided on Prop 50 state political redistricting

Democratic leaders want voters to approve an unprecedented off-calendar change in the state’s congressional district boundarie...

News

Banned Books Week: Tulare County Library Supports Everyone’s Right to Read

Read a banned book to celebrate every Californian’s right to free and open access to information and ideas. Banned Books Week,...

Tule River Parkway Phase III project complete
National Walk and Roll to School Day is October 8
Iconic Moon Festival Celebration Returns To Hanford this Weekend!
Representatives Costa, Moore call for federal study on AI Data Centers’ impact in rural America

Entertainment

Banned Books Week: Tulare County Library Supports Everyone’s Right to Read

Read a banned book to celebrate every Californian’s right to free and open access to information and ideas. Banned Books Week,...

The Art of Isolation, Book reading and art show
A taste of Greece comes to Tulare County with Tony’s Taverna
Enter if you dare – Haunt the Home starts today
Iconic Moon Festival Celebration Returns To Hanford this Weekend!

Education

Tulare County Library invites teens to the 100 Books Before College Challenge

On Wednesday October 1, 2025, Tulare County Library launches a new program to encourage teens to read 100 books before college. ...

Educators of the Year honored at awards dinner
October is Teentober at Tulare County Library
Visalia Unified to launch public financial dashboard in 2026
Students reap life-changing benefits with new academic calendar at Fresno Pacific University

Health

Kaweah Health reaches 2,500th robotic surgery milestone

Dr. Joseph Ford, urologist, hit an incredible milestone today — performing the 2,500th da Vinci® Xi™ robotic surgery at Kaw...

Orthopedic spine surgeon joins Adventist Health in Hanford and Fowler
State declares Quail Park, Quail Park on Cypress deficiency free
Kaweah Health ranked high performing in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Hospital Rankings
FPU and CHSU partner to address doctor shortage and increase health in the Valley

Agriculture

Negotiations stall as Colorado River crisis looms again

Time is running out for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin, as well as 30 tribes and Mexico, to reach a long-term deal...

Big crop forecast shakes almond markets
Report assesses how farms adapt to labor shortages
Innovative ag education program reaches more than 1 million California students
Regenerative agriculture community charts way forward

Opinion

Letter: Biggest power grab yet.

A few weeks ago, the Democrat super-majority in Sacramento voted to bypass the State’s non-partisan Citizen’s Redistricting ...

JW House Provides Relief for Families Using Stanford Hospital
Letter: Supervisor Vander Poel, help save Balch Park Pack Station
Letter: Hosting an exchange student can be life-changing for families
League of Women Voters: “Hands Off Our Voting Rights!”

Political Fix

Political Fix: 2024, a wild ride – and kind of glad it’s over!

The year 2024 ended with President Donald Trump getting elected for a second term and President Jimmy Carter’s passing at 100 ...

Political Fix (4 July, 2024)
Political Fix: 2023, a year in review
Political Fix (7 January, 2022)
Political Fix (8 January, 2021)

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