Over the weekend of March 11-12, the University Preparatory High School FIRST Team 6657 Arborbotics won the Central Valley Regional Competition in Fresno qualifying them for the FIRST World Robotics Competition in Houston, Texas this April! University Preparatory High School (UPHS) is a charter school of the Tulare County Office of Education, located on the […]
The City of Tulare is experiencing flooding in the southern part of the City near Elk Bayou and the Lactalis/Kraft plant. A levee to the east of the City has been breached on the north side of the North Branch of the Tule River, east of Highway 99. The water is flowing westward from the […]
The California Farm Bureau today joined various California counties and forestry and wood products organizations in filing a legal brief seeking to intervene in defense of the U.S. Forest Service’s use of a critical retardant used in wildfire suppression. The Farm Bureau’s decision to intervene in the case is in response to litigation challenging the […]
O-R-M-O-L-U The gold-colored alloy of copper, zinc, and tin used in decorating furniture and making ornaments was the winning word in last week’s 2023 Tulare County Spelling Championship. Ormolu was the 15th word spelled correctly by champion Sarvadnya Kadam, a sixth-grade student at Oak Grove Elementary School in Visalia. Kadam will represent Tulare County at […]
Kaweah Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program has moved from Visalia to Tulare, where starting today, March 6, there are more family medicine physicians seeing patients than ever before. Kaweah Health’s Tulare Health Clinic, which already provided primary, specialty, and walk-in care, now joins forces with Kaweah Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program and the end result […]
As a true Gateway to the Sequoias, the City of Visalia has offered affordable transportation to the Sequoia National Park via its Sequoia Shuttle service since 2007. This year, residents and visitors from all over the world can plan ahead when visiting the Sequoia National Park and make a reservation via a new online system. […]
The League of Women Voters of Tulare County is pleased to present Laura Ramos at our March 21, 2023 lunch meeting. She is the Associate Director of Research and Education of the California Water Institute at California State University, Fresno. Her primary duty is to elevate the water IQ of the community by engaging stakeholders […]
The Alpaugh, Exeter, Lindsay, and Pixley Branches of the Tulare County Library seek applicants for internship positions funded through the generosity of the California State Library’s Stronger Together: Out of School Grant and the Tulare County Library Foundation. Open to teens ages 15-18, the interns design and implement MakerSpace programs, with a $500 scholarship awarded […]
Children’s academic success depends on a lot of things that schools do not have control over. Parental education plays a significant factor. Low literacy affects one in four people over the age of 15 years old and Tulare County’s numbers are higher. Increasing a person’s literacy skills benefits the individual, their family, and the wider […]
As the No. 1 agricultural state, with a $51.1 billion farm economy and more than 400 commodities, California and its government leaders, farmers and residents are weighing in on how members of Congress should shape the 2023 Farm Bill. During a state Senate Agriculture Committee hearing last week, Sen. Melissa Hurtado, the committee chair, said […]