At the Visalia City Council special session on Friday, December 16, the council members said goodbye to one colleague and ushered in a new mayor. Not a dry eye was to be seen as each council member expressed gratitude for the time they spent with Councilmember Amy Shuklian. Mayor Steve Nelsen said that he admired […]
After thirty-six years of service in various capacities at Kaweah Delta, including over sixteen years as Chief Executive Officer, Lindsay Mann and his wife Lesa Mann have received an unanticipated call from the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) to serve as the Mission President and his companion, respectively, […]
The local Fox theaters are starting to tell signs of their ages – well, maybe not just starting to, but rather again showing signs, each developing problems within the past week. On Wednesday, December 7 around noon, a Visalia Fox Theatre employee happened upon a pond of water rising in the theater’s orchestra pit subflooring. […]
The ongoing and violent conflict between protesters and police at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is personal for Corky Mills. “It’s on our reservation that they’re trying to run a pipeline under one of our dams,” Mills, a resident of Tulare and Lakȟóta Indian, said. Solidarity March On December 4, Mills and her daughter, Tracy […]
Visalia’s new sales tax could begin being assessed as soon as April, according to Renee Nagel, the City of Visalia’s Financial Director. “We will get an additional fiscal quarter of funds if we get the state paperwork done by February 1st,” Nagel said. At the Visalia City Council’s December 5 meeting, council members voted to […]
Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) leaders are going to have to find another way to pay for new construction if they want to keep their doors open, and at least one former detractor says they can do it without asking taxpayers for more money. During a special election in August, voters said no to […]
Some may have found the result surprising, others may have found it expected, but in a more than 50% margin over either of her opponents, Patricia Griswold won the District Area 5 seat for the Visalia Unified School District. “I was, like, shocked” Griswold said. “You don’t ever know. I did a lot of canvassing […]
In the wake of the defeat of Measure H—a bond issue that would have funded seismic safety updates at Tulare County’s largest medical facility—at least two incumbents on the Kaweah Delta Health Care District’s Board of Directors are facing a challenge at the polls. Or, it might be three. Measure H Failure Up for reelection […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated since its publication. Updated areas are indicated by italicized text. Three candidates are running for the Visalia Unified School District Area 5 seat – two have never held, nor run for any public office; one has served on the school board before. Donna Martin, who has held the […]
The Visalia City Council Candidates and Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) candidates had an opportunity to outline their platforms September 29 at the Visalia Veterans Memorial Building. Each candidate had the chance to explain their goals and then answer questions posed by moderator Paul Hurley. The forum was sponsored by the American Association of University […]