The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office decided last week that a complaint made by an individual about the odds of winning in the gun raffle fundraiser conducted by the Friends of Mike Boudreaux election campaign did not merit criminal fraud charges. “The Visalia Police Department received a written complaint from an individual and the Visalia […]
Tulare County Registrar of Voters Rita A. Woodard reminds all voters in the upcoming primary election that Vote by Mail ballots will be available beginning May 5. If you have not been using Vote by Mail, and want a Vote by Mail ballot mailed to you, the Registrar of Voters Office must receive your request […]
Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward and Tulare County District Attorney candidate Ralph Kaelble shared their opinions and answered questions at a candidates’ forum at the April 23rd meeting of the Rotary Club of Visalia. Paul Hurley served as moderator and Rotary Club members provided the questions. The candidates started off by introducing themselves and […]
The California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Fresno-to-Bakersfield project section of the California High-Speed Rail project. The Final EIR/EIS represents a comprehensive, project-level review of the section that runs approximately 114 miles from downtown Fresno to downtown […]
The Tulare-Kings Chapter of the California Women for Agriculture’s annual Stampede Fundraiser will be held on Friday, May 16 at the Historic Seven Sycamores Ranch in Ivanhoe. A hosted wine tasting and cheese social will begin at 6pm, followed by a barbecue dinner at 7pm, with special guest speaker Assembly Member Connie Conway and live […]
May has been designated as Mental Health Month in Tulare County. “We know that mental health is integral to overall health,” said Phil Cox, chairman of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. “People need to care for their mental health so they can respond to the stress of daily life and the challenges it presents.” […]
Candidates for Tulare County District Attorney and Tulare County Sheriff came together on Thursday, April 24 to take part in a forum at College of the Sequoias. The forum, sponsored by the ACLU of Northern California and the College of the Sequoias Young Democrats, drew approximately 150 people, filling the college’s large Ponderosa Lecture Hall. […]
If the current petition drive is successful, “Six Californias,” an initiative to divide California into six states, will soon be on the ballot. The stated goal of the plan is to create states with “more local, responsive, efficient and representative governments.” The initiative reportedly has some grassroots support in each of the proposed states, but […]
In honor of our county’s crime victims whose lives have been lost due to violence, the Office of the District Attorney, County of Tulare, hosted its 14th Annual Victims’ Memorial Quilt Unveiling. The event took place at the Visalia Holiday Inn on April 11, during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The Victims’ Memorial Quilt was […]
The National Park Service (NPS) announced that the centerpiece of its 2016 centennial will be a broad public engagement campaign to reintroduce the national parks and the work of the NPS to a new generation of Americans, inviting them to visit and get involved. The two-year effort will begin in 2015 and run throughout the […]