A Tulare development two decades in the planning is about to start. “We’re trying our best to start construction as soon as possible,” said Ted Lim, a spokesman for The Orosco Group based in Monterey. The project, a strip mall at the southwest corner of Cross Ave. and J St., has long been a dream […]
Several Tulare high school athletes were recognized by Tulare City Council on March 6 for their achievements on and off the field last fall and winter. Tulare Union High football A presentation was made to the Tulare Union High School Football team and coaches in recognition of their CIF Central Section Division II Valley Championship. […]
Mark your calendars and plan on visiting the Tulare Historical Museum between March 17 and April 7, for a special exhibition created exclusively for THM. In honor of ‘Music in Our Schools Month’ the museum presents, “Big Band Bash: Tulare School Band Retrospective” held in the Heritage Art Gallery at THM. The opening kick-off of […]
On March 3, students from Tulare and Kings Counties competed in the Diocese of Fresno’s 22nd Annual Catholic Schools Academic Junior High Decathlon. Students from the Catholic School of Visalia’s George McCann Memorial in Visalia, St. Anne Catholic School in Porterville, and Mary Immaculate Queen Catholic School in Lemoore were included. The annual event, for […]
Five years ago Kiersten Greeson was looking for a way to honor her hero, mentor and friend, dairyman Eddy Boertje. Boertje had been diagnosed with blood cancer. Struggling to find a way to help, Greeson, a young dairy exhibitor, started donating 10% of her 4-H heifer sales to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). She […]
Through the years, the Visalia Rescue Mission (VRM) has received a lot of thrift items for recycling, from clothes to kitchen items, furniture to toys, and even some cars. Wait – cars? Last year VRM received and sold some 20 automotive vehicles. This, with discussion through conferences with similar non-profits providing a thrift service to […]
Yet another lawsuit was filed Friday, March 2, against the City of Tulare for mounting problems with transparency and withholding records for its citizens. In recent public record act (PRA) responses regarding the billable hours incurred by the city attorney, Heather Phillips, and fellow law firm members, responses have been deemed slow with all issues […]
The Kiwanis Club of Tulare will present its 58th Farmer of the Year award to Corky and Doug Anderson. The award luncheon will be held Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 12pm at the Heritage Complex in Tulare. Tickets are available for $25 in advance from Kiwanis Club members and various businesses in Tulare, tickets will […]
Under the leadership of a new CEO, the Kings Fair in Hanford is looking forward to the 2018 fair, which will take place from June 7-10. Jerome Coelho, 22, is the youngest person to run the Kings Fair in recent memory, but he feels confident that his youthful energy will help infuse life into the […]
The 19th Annual Tulare County Spelling Championship was held February 21 with 232 spellers from grades four through eight competing for the title of 2018 Tulare County Spelling Champion and to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland the end of May. The winner was Jaskarn Singh, an eighth-grade student from […]