According to the Business Journal, “Former Central Valley Congressman T.J. Cox was booked Tuesday morning into Fresno County Jail on 28 federal counts — arrested by the FBI on allegations including money laundering, wire and campaign contribution fraud.” A 28-count indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of California charging a former member of […]
A press release from the Lockwood Agency The Tulare County Fair is giving away one adult admission ticket to the 2022 Tulare County Fair per 5 unexpired, nonperishable items donated from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 19, 2022. Items must be dropped off at 620 S. K Street, through Gate 18 to receive […]
Tulare County Registrar of Voters, Michelle Baldwin, would like to remind all Tulare County residents that the General Election will be held on November 8, 2022. Friday, August 12, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. is the end of the Nomination Period for any candidates who want to file for office. Nomination forms are available from the […]
I’ve had the honor and pleasure of working with the Rob Taylor and Stafford’s Chocolates for several years and nominated them for the Small Business Development Center Outstanding Business Award which they deservingly won. Larry Stafford opened Stafford’s Chocolates in Porterville, California, in 1987. Larry quickly became obsessed with creating old-school chocolate confections. During the […]
Local leaders will present the current state of the City of Tulare and County of Tulare at the Tulare Chamber of Commerce State of the City Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 26th. This informative luncheon event will be held at the International Agri-Center and will provide community members with a […]
Tulare Public Cemetery District Trustee Alberto Aguilar has received his second censure from his fellow trustees in a little more than 12 months. The July 28 meeting where Aguilar was censured was punctuated by accusations from Trustee Steve Presant that Aguilar “staged” a vandalized grave site — and the meeting was interrupted six times by […]
Small Valley communities are drying up. The latest town to find itself waterless is Tooleville, east of Exeter on Highway 65. In the middle of July, with temperatures soaring and the intense Valley summer in full swing, residents of the town found the well they rely on was delivering just a dribble where it was […]
Kings County has had the highest number of cases per 10,000 population of all 58 counties in the state since the beginning of the pandemic, according an Coronavirus Weekly Tracker which appeared in the San Jose Mercury News. The data is based on state Department of Health Services statistics. The county had 54,260 cases as […]
Major leadership changes occurred recently in two of the city’s most important departments. Long-time public works director and engineer John Doyel resigned effective August 26. Workload and the lack of staffing in the department played a role in his resignation, the Visalia-Hanford-Lemoore Future has learned. Doyel is on vacation and could not be reached for […]
The 3rd Annual California Youth Ag Expo is set to be held August 3-7, 2022, in Tulare, California at the International Agri-Center®. This livestock show gives California 4-H and FFA exhibitors the opportunity to showcase and compete against one another with their beef, dairy, sheep, goats, and hogs in the most elite show the west […]