Healthcare Conglomerate Associates’ (HCCA) days in Tulare are numbered, some three years after the company entered into a contract with the Tulare Local Healthcare District. View note Hon. Judge Rene Lastreto ll ruled Wednesday that the company’s contract with the district could be rejected and terminated as soon as an alternate management company was lined […]
Wes Hensley, the Tulare Police Chief, is still on administrative leave from the Tulare Police Department. He was placed on administrative leave on September 27. In a press release sent to the Voice, his attorney, Michael J. Lampe, states that Hensley hasn’t been contacted by any city officials or investigators relating to any charges pending against […]
Last week it was announced that Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has endorsed Warren Gubler for Assembly, District 26. This announcement came following a meeting Sheriff Boudreaux had with Gubler in late September. “Warren Gubler is a good man and friend who I believe is the best voice for Public Safety here in our valley,” […]
Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) is facing accusations of sexual assault assault, first reported upon by a conservative blogger with the group American Children First. Joseph Turner, director of the group, reached out to the Voice Thursday morning to report he had witness statements that Mathis had, allegedly, sexually assaulted one of his staffers in the […]
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) filed a Deed of Trust against Evolutions Fitness & Wellness Center in Tulare one day before the Tulare Local Healthcare District, the legal entity which owns the gym, filed bankruptcy. The deed was filed September 28, the same day that the hospital management company told its employees it could not immediately […]
Healthcare Conglomerate Associates’ (HCCA) contract with the Tulare Local Healthcare District will stand as the bankruptcy judge in the district’s case deliberates on whether to allow the district to reject the contract. At the same time, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has doubts over the hospital’s continued operations, whether they’re under HCCA or […]
Matt Darby declared his candidacy for the office of District Attorney of Tulare County Thursday in front of the Tulare County Courthouse. Clayton Diltz, a chaplain at the Fresno Veterans Home, introduced Darby to the crowd summing him up by saying “in a word Matt is authentic.” Darby said that his purpose is “to bring back […]
Soon, Earlimart kids will be able to run, explore and play in their new park. It has taken about a decade for this community’s dream to become a reality. The community of 10,000, in the southern-most part of Tulare County, does not garner a lot of attention. The most notorious event in its history is […]
On Tuesday, November 7, voters in Farmersville and Woodlake will have to make two decisions that will affect each city’s economy. The ballot measures are quite similar. Sales Tax Increase Farmersville’s residents will have to decide whether they want to add ½ cent to their sales tax, which would affect residents and visitors who shop […]
City of Visalia officials took a step closer in solving the city’s housing shortage. On Monday, October 16, the Visalia City Council voted 4-1 to approve an up-scale, gated, apartment complex on the corner of Shirk Road and Doe Avenue. Mayor Warren Gubler was the only dissenting vote, saying that the project was premature. Citing […]