After six years with the Resource Management Agency (RMA), Jake Raper will be retiring. He started in 2008 as the assistant director of the RMA and was promoted to director in 2009. He was not only complimented for his work ethic but for his camaraderie. The Tulare County Supervisors expressed that they will not only […]

Diageo, a leading premium drinks company, donated more than 34,000 bottles of drinking water to residents of Tulare County, who are among the hardest hit by California’s severe drought. The donation comes as the state confronts one of the worst droughts on record, with many towns facing the prospect of running out of drinking water […]

Kaweah Oaks Preserve, the 322-acre nature preserve that protects one of the last remaining valley oak riparian forests in the San Joaquin Valley, is now 22 acres larger after purchasing a property that potentially threatened the tranquility of the preserve. Kaweah Oaks, located on the north side of Highway 198 east of Visalia is where […]

Wildlife officers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California National Guard – Counterdrug Task Force, Tule River Tribal member organizations and a multitude of other agencies successfully conducted a five-day operation to eradicate marijuana from tribal lands last week. In addition to creating a public safety threat, the growers were poaching wildlife, […]