Construction on a new $8.6 million solar project in Farmersville could begin as early as this month. “We’ve been approved by the city of Farmersville Planning Commission and expect to start construction by the end of January,” said Don Watson, president of ImMODO Energy Services Corporation in Visalia. “It was great working with the city […]
ImagineU Interactive Children’s Museum held the groundbreaking for its eagerly anticipated new facility on December 18. About 100 community leaders and other museum supporters were present to help launch the construction phase of the new museum, which is expected to open in spring 2015. The new ImagineU, which will be located at 603 E. Oak […]
The Valley Voice asked local elected officials, public servants and others in the community to share their resolutions for 2014. As expected, we received a wide range of responses. “My New Year’s resolution is to try to remember every day how short and precious life is and to remember that God has a purpose for […]
The Hanford Fox Theatre will present a showcase of films by David Dibble, a filmmaker from Hanford, at 2pm on December 21. The showcase will include “Adonis,” his ten-minute film that has been winning awards at film festivals, including the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Adonis is a romantic comedy about a […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors is expected to leave the Sequoia Valley Economic Development Corporation as early as next month. The county has been providing about $80,000 annually to the EDC, which has served as the marketing and business recruitment organization for communities in the county since 1983. The EDC claims a significant role […]
Despite the higher cost per vote and lower voter turnout in odd-numbered year elections, there is little or no interest in Tulare County in moving elections to coincide with state and national elections. The state election code gives districts the power to change the date of their elections. This was to help districts that had […]
The Tulare Astronomical Association has renovated its observatory in Tulare and will have its first event, an open house and star party, to officially relaunch the facility on October 12. The observatory has been closed for the last ten years, and the club has spent the last ten months working hard to reopen it. The […]
The Tulare County Film Commission was busy at events surrounding the recent Emmy Awards, talking to Hollywood decision-makers about bringing their film projects to the county and offering them products grown here. “The idea was to literally have them taste our county,” said Tulare County Film Commissioner Eric Coyne, explaining the county’s strategy that weekend. […]
The plan is to raise money to drill wells for clean water, build schools to educate and construct churches to provide guidance. The place is the dry lowlands of Kenya, home to the Maasai, a tribe that struggles to eat, find water and simply survive. Julius Pulei, a minister and a member of the Maasai […]
“It’s the second year in a row that we had the highest-ever crop and livestock value,” Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita told the Tulare County Board of Supervisors at its July 23 meeting. She was there to unveil and present The 2012 Tulare County Agricultural Crop and Livestock Report, which showed that last year […]