Sequoia Riverlands Trust (SRT) is pleased to announce that it will host “Unlocking Soil Secrets: Connecting Soil and Human Systems,” an event exploring the important topic of soil health and its role in creating a healthy climate. The collaborative, interactive event will take place January 28, 2023 from 10-1 at Kaweah Oaks Preserve near Exeter. […]
Back by popular demand, the Tulare Historical Museum is excited to announce the return of A Night of… Wine, Cheese, & Chocolate! Dress to the nines and enjoy an elegant evening set against the backdrop of Tulare’s beautiful historic displays and curated art gallery. The annual event is scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2023, from […]
The Visalia Rescue Mission staff and board of directors are pleased to welcome Michael Simmon as the ministry’s new Executive Director. Former Director of Program Support and Development at Phoenix Rescue Mission, Simmon’s valuable skills as an entrepreneurial executive with over 20 years of social services and business leadership experience will enrich and help grow […]
Santos Nava, a migrant farm worker from Mexico, was picking peaches in July of 2007 when the bottom of his trousers got caught in a piece of farm equipment and pulled him under the trailer. The accident tore apart the lower part of his body crushing his pelvis, breaking his femur and injuring his hips […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District now has $3 million more in its bank account after settling a lawsuit against Bruce Greene – its former attorney – and the firm he works for, Baker Hostetler. Other parts of the lawsuit, which named former district board members Parmod Kumar, Linda Wilbourn, and Richard Torrez as defendants, have […]
The College of the Sequoias currently lacks a journalism instructor, and its online newspaper is on a “temporary hiatus” without an adviser. As the Fall 2022 semester wrapped, word spread that The Campus, the college’s student newspaper, was put on ice. The Campus informed readers through Twitter and Instagram on December 12 of the immediate […]
On January 4th, the City of Visalia celebrated the groundbreaking of the Visalia Fire Department’s Fire Station 56. Located on 1321 South Lovers Lane, once constructed, Station 56 will be the new home of Engine 56, which is currently stationed on the CAL FIRE Tulare campus just south of the site. The ceremonial groundbreaking kicked […]
Today, Healthgrades announced America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2023, naming Kaweah Health Medical Center one of the 20 hospitals in California and the only hospital in the San Joaquin Valley from Kern to Madera counties to earn the distinction, according to new research released by the company. This achievement puts Kaweah Health in the top […]
Visalia Medical Clinic and Kaweah Health are breaking up – and Visalia Medical Clinic is set to head into the arms of Adventist Health by June 30, 2023, if not before. Kaweah Health and Visalia Medical Clinic (VMC) have been partners since 2015 through a medical foundation now known as Kaweah Health Medical Group. “In […]
After an hour-long hearing in the Tulare County Superior Court’s Juvenile Division, the Tulare County District Attorney’s office earned slightly more time to respond to claims by three former Tulare hospital leaders who say they are being unfairly prosecuted. The trio are specifically seeking the recusal of District Attorney Tim Ward and the entire Tulare […]