The Tulare-Kings Chapter of the California Women for Agriculture (CWA) is excited to announce it will award 8 livestock project grants in the amount of $300 each to any Tulare or Kings County youth (4-H, FFA, Independent) exhibiting at the 2015 Tulare County Fair or Kings Fair. Grant money may be applied toward the initial […]
He arrived as a stray and as a large helicopter flew overhead the Animal Control Officer responsible for his intake bestowed upon him the name, Helo. He was a happy boy with a wildly wagging tail with a sweet disposition. Unfortunately, he was a member of a class of dogs often vilified by society and […]
North Visalia has been known for poverty, crime, drugs and gang violence but this neighborhood is changing and hope is spreading. Parents at Houston School are joining together to make life better for their children. They are creating Houston Neighborhood park- a safe place where families can exercise, play, and be together. You can join […]
Friends of Tulare Animal Services is proud to present their first annual fundraiser Barks and Bourbon. The organization was established to support the shelter’s efforts to spay, neuter and rescue stray animals. It is a non-profit organization not affiliated with any county or city government. The Barks and Bourbon event will make its debut on […]
If you say something often enough then people will start to believe it, right? That’s what politicians and spin masters do. That also seems to be the modus operandi of CEMEX. At every opportunity Patrick Mitchell, the lawyer for CEMEX, blames the drought on the fact that four domestic wells next to CEMEX’ Stillwell mine […]
A few days ago a very high profile homicide in Salinas was reported on the front page of the Visalia Times-Delta (VTD). If readers were wondering why Tulare County would be interested in a homicide in Salinas, the answer would be that they most likely are not. But local interests don’t seem to be the […]
With the City Council mulling changes to decades-old zoning ordinances, the commercial landscape of Hanford could be in for some changes that may alter the flavor of the city’s unique downtown business district. At an evening town hall meeting February 24 at the Civic Auditorium, preserving the charms of Hanford’s downtown business district while keeping […]
Operations at West Coast ports are returning to their normal pace after a contract deal was struck between dockworkers and shippers, but California agricultural exporters say their business won’t be back to normal for quite some time, as they deal with the enormous backlog of shipments that must be cleared at the ports. The International […]
All of the Valley Voice’s thoughts and prayers were with former Visalia police chief Colleen Mestas as she underwent breast cancer surgery on March 3. The cancer was detected in late December during a routine mammogram. Mestas bought a retirement home close to her daughter in Simi Valley and opted to have her surgery in […]
The Public Employees Relation Board (PERB) has ruled in favor of the Tulare County Employee’s Union versus the county. PERB has ordered Tulare County to “make whole” workers who were denied flex promotions and/or merit step increases that had been expressly promised them in a labor contract in 2011. Service Employees International Union, Local 521 […]