With the escrow closing on property at 1223 S. Lovers Lane, Tulare County now owns the building. Located at the corner of Tulare Ave., the intent is for the property to fill a need within the county’s Health and Human Services Agency’s (HHSA) Mental Health branch, as a Wellness and Recovery Center. According to a […]
Controversy over the ultimate fate of Tulare’s Paige Avenue and its interchange with State Route 99 may be much ado about nothing, and in any case the upset is years too soon, say city and county officials. Popular unease over the aged and inefficient off-ramp stems from the possibility of its closure or reconfiguration in […]
Patty Miller and Jim Hewett, her grounds keeper, her dogs and livestock found themselves stranded because of Tulare County culverts that had not been maintained. During the mid-January storms, water that was supposed to run down the culverts instead flowed unimpeded down Miller’s driveway and private road causing significant property damage which caused the road […]
Fireworks flew at the February 6 Visalia City Council meeting as two council members argued over the merits of the Freedom Celebration. The fireworks show was unexpectedly canceled in 2015 when the city could not find a service group to host it. During its December 16 meeting Mayor Warren Gubler outlined 10 goals for his […]
Tulare County citizens are not prepared to take Donald Trump’s unique and perceived distasteful approach to the presidency lightly. They let him know it loudly and early, taking to the streets in surprisingly large numbers the day after America’s 45th president swore his oath of office. The local protesters joined millions of other marchers demonstrating […]
In the late summer of 2014, the rural community of Seville had some of its water needs addressed. Tulare County, working as an interim water agency for the area, was able to secure funding for the drilling of a new well for the community of approximately 500 residents. The 300-foot well boosted the water pressure, […]
The Tulare City Council held a special meeting January 31 at 6:30pm to appoint a new interim city manager. After meeting in closed session for almost an hour, the council reported that it had chosen Joseph Carlini, Public Works Director of the Public Works Department. Tulare’s current interim city manager, Paul Melikian, handed in his […]
Two Redwood High School students were taken into custody Tuesday morning for threatening gun violence toward Redwood High School. Visalia Unified School District administration was notified at 7am that the students were taken into custody, according to a VUSD press release. At 12:22am, the Visalia Police Department responded to the reports. The officers became aware […]
Two things were made clear during Wednesday’s three-hour-long Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) Board of Directors meeting: there are now two distinct factions of board members — and they’ve got distinctly different ideas on how to end up with a successful hospital. The faction of existing board members — comprised of Dr. Parmod Kumar, Richard […]
Tulare is one step closer to having a new hotel, but some community members aren’t happy about it. At the Jan. 17 Tulare City Council meeting, the council voted 4-0 — with councilman David Macedo absent — to change the city’s general plan concerning a parcel at M Street and the southwest corner of Cartmill […]