As Kaweah Delta continues its efforts to better engage with the community, it will hold its first of five town halls on Thursday, Dec. 12, in Visalia. The five town halls will be hosted in the five zones that make up Kaweah Delta Health Care District and each will be hosted by the board member […]
For the second time in two years a citizens group is asking the city of Hanford to put an initiative on the ballot to change the zoning on the 18 acres of undeveloped section of Hidden Valley Park from residential back to public facilities. Hidden Valley Park was purchased by the City of Hanford in […]
After a public hearing concerning an ordinance to ban the sale of vaping products, Visalia City Council voted 5-0 to have its staff write up a draft proposal. The discussion considered revisions to the Visalia Municipal Code to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products including menthol cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and establishing distance requirements for new […]
Tulare City Councilman Greg Nunley has filed a pair of lawsuits against the city he serves, one of which demands a $16.5 million payout for defamation, slander and interfering with Nunley’s real estate development business. The second suit is an attempt to force the city to release an independent investigator’s report into alleged altercations between […]
“This is not a dog-friendly town,” said Adriana Figueroa, Director of the Friends of Orange Cove Animal Shelter (FOCAS). On October 9 the Orange Cove City Council voted to terminate FOCAS’ contract to care for stray or lost dogs at the city’s animal shelter. Orange Cove Mayor Victor Lopez and city staff have been trying […]
Registrar of Voters Michelle Baldwin and staff introduced a revolutionary voting platform to Tulare County at the Open House Event November 14 at Government Plaza in Visalia. Dominion Voting Systems has been selected to provide touch-screen voting machines and tabulators at 50 locations in Tulare County. “Forty out of 58 counties in California are using […]
In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill Vladimir Putin’s desire to rebuild a Russian empire. In the following years, thirteen thousand Ukrainians died as they battled superior Russian forces. Earlier this year Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine on a platform […]
In a July open hearing of this committee following publication of the Mueller report, the Democrats engaged in a last-ditch effort to convince the American people that President Trump is a Russian agent. That hearing was the pitiful finale of a three-year-long operation by the Democrats, the corrupt media, and partisan bureaucrats to overturn the […]
Event kicks off Central Valley Veterans Day ceremonies honoring military men and women: A Press Release from Kaweah Delta VISALIA – Hundreds of people packed Kaweah Delta’s first-ever Veterans Day Tribute on Friday, Nov. 8, as California State Senator Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield and State Assemblyman Devon Mathis, R-Visalia, honored more than 80 veterans including doctors, nurses, […]
According to Jeannie Greenwood, Visalia’s Parks and Recreation Director, Riverway Sports Park is 95% complete and the final phase of construction is coming in ahead of schedule and $33,000 under budget. Greenwood gave a presentation to the Visalia City Council on Riverway’s progress at its October 21 work session. The sports park’s master plan was […]