Hospitals in Kings and Tulare counties are bleeding money in the wake of the COVID pandemic, with the area’s major healthcare providers – Adventist Health, Kaweah Health and Sierra View Medical Center – all operating well into the red in 2023, according to publicly available budget data. The local trend is very much in line […]
A press release from the Tulare County District Attorney’s office District Attorney Tim Ward has announced the launch of a cold case website in an effort to shine new light on unsolved Tulare County homicides. “In 2019, we created the Cold Case Homicide Unit to assist allied law enforcement agencies in their efforts to bring […]
The nomination period to run for local office in Tulare County started today and Vicki Riddle and Brian Poochigian were some of the first in line! Riddle is running for Exeter City Council District D and Poochigian is the incumbent for Visalia City council District 3 running to defend his seat. There are 271 offices […]
A press release from the City of Visalia Those seeking to run for one of the open Visalia City Council seats may pick-up and file Declaration of Candidacy papers from the County of Tulare Elections Division starting July 18, 2022. The November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election will include four offices to be elected in […]
A press release from Tulare County Health and Human Resources Tulare County Public Health has confirmed the first case of Monkeypox has been identified in a Tulare County resident. While the number of probable/confirmed cases is growing in California (186 cases) and the United States (791 cases), the risk of monkeypox to the general population […]
The images are in and they’re even better than one could imagine. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began transmitting the clearest, infrared images from the deepest parts of the universe this week. The images will be available in large format at a gallery exhibition Friday, July 15 at TCOE’s Planetarium & Science Center. NASA Solar […]
In 2017, the Tulare Public Cemetery District (TPCD) grounds were in such bad shape it launched a grassroots movement that resulted in the office staff absconding into the night and the resignation of the entire board. Five years later, with a new board of trustees, more groundskeepers, and a new staff at more than double […]
Longtime Exeter resident and community organizer Vicki Riddle has announced her candidacy for Exeter City Council District D. She has received the endorsements of State Senator Shannon Grove, Assemblyman Devon Mathis, Assemblyman Vince Fong, District Attorney Tim Ward, and Supervisor Larry Micari. “I have seen Vicki’s lifelong dedication to Tulare County and developing leadership skills […]
The Visalia Economic Development Corporation will hold its Annual Meeting at the Wyndham Hotel, starting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, July 20. The event will feature an overview of the VEDC’s activities for the year, presented by current chair of the Board Lisa Walsh of Hydrite Chemical Co., and a look forward by incoming chairman, […]
As many other hospitals across California are expected to do this year, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District (Kaweah Health) Board of Directors has approved a fiscal year 2023 operating budget that projects an operating loss for the coming fiscal year – the first time in Kaweah Health’s history. The new budget, which becomes effective […]