Today, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) unanimously approved a request by Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) to audit the Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, Tulare Regional Medical Center, and the Tulare Local Health Care District. “This audit is necessary to ensure local bonds intended to support a community hospital were used appropriately, efficiently and effectively,” said Senator […]
“First and foremost the county is strong, possessing great strength in its human and physical capital,” said Tulare County Board of Supervisors Chair Steven Worthley, early in the state of the county address he delivered at the board’s January 23rd meeting. “I believe, we are positioned to increase our strength if we remain true to […]
The Voice has been featured prominently in Tulare Mayor Carlton Jones’ last two interviews on KTIP AM 1450, the Porterville-based news/talk radio station spanning Tulare County. In dial-ins on January 15 and 22, Jones discussed — and took issue with — the Voice‘s coverage of him in Catherine Doe’s Political Fix opinion column that appears in […]
One year after nationwide Women’s Marches in reaction to the inauguration of President Donald Trump, protests have once again sprang up nationwide — including an event in Tulare County. Men, women and children came together at College of Sequoias’ Visalia campus, marching for women’s rights and in opposition to the Trump administration. Early estimates counted […]
In February and March, Kaweah Delta Community Outreach in collaboration with Health Net, will offer an ongoing series of free diabetes classes in Visalia. The series is free and registration is now open by calling 559-624-2415. The free six-week diabetes education class will take place from 10am to 11:30am on Tuesdays at the Health Net […]
Betty Luceigh had a long career as a scientist, always using scientific proven theories. After a few years as a researcher, she taught organic chemistry at UCLA. Then at age 39, she had what she calls an extraordinary vision of the Light of Beauty, which marked a dramatic shift in her spiritual awareness. She has […]
The Lindsay Community Theater presents the 2018 Hot Dog Melodrama Theater. The play is entitled Superheroes Unite and is a spoof of all the superhero movies and television shows that are so popular right now. Show dates are January 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 7:30pm and January 20 at 2pm. Prices are $10 for […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The new procedures, which were announced last year, and are being implemented at airports across the country, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes. […]
At its first meeting of the new year, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors renewed the Arts Consortium’s designation as the county’s official arts council through 2018. The organization originally received this designation in October 2010, and it has been renewed as needed ever since. The Arts Consortium was created as a result of the […]
Matt Gehrett sees the issue of families and personal technology as an educator and a parent—how the same mobile devices that open us to a universe of knowledge isolate us from the people and the world around us. Having been there himself, Gehrett, Ed.D., director of the M.A. in educational technology program at Fresno Pacific […]