At the January 4 Visalia City Council work session council members voted 5-0 awarding an $11 million-bid to build the Visalia Emergency Communication Center (VECC). The winning bid went to Oral E. Micham Inc., a construction firm out of Woodlake. Two construction firms’ bids came in lower than Oral E. Micham’s. Both firms ended up […]
A nationwide search is underway to find Proteus, Inc.’s new CEO following current CEO Mike McCann announcement he will retire next year after 15 years as head of the jobs, training and assistance center. Begun in Visalia in 1967 as an adult training center, Proteus has expanded its programs during the last 50 years to […]
At the December 21 Visalia City Council work session, a 5-0 vote was tallied by the council in favor of an incentive package to convince Nordstrom to locate an E-Center in Visalia’s Industrial Park. Visalia is competing with Fresno and another location out of state, possibly in Nevada. The E-Center, or fulfillment center, would service […]
After a six-year process, the Visalia Walmart on Noble Avenue is only one step away from becoming a newsupercenter. The Visalia City Council voted December 6 to approve the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and the Conditional Use Permit(CUP)for the Walmart expansion.According to Andrew Chamberlain, Visalia city planner, this is the longest permitting process he […]
Congressman Devin Nunes held a fundraiser/movie premier on November 12 at the Visalia Fox Theatre. The movie, “Dead Harvest,” chronicled the effects of years of federal water policy, environmental lawsuits, and the four-year drought on the Central Valley. The event was free for anyone who wanted to attend. The 35-minute documentary was created by filmmaker […]
In the wake of the State’s historic drought, local agencies have come together to address the region’s groundwater and how they’ll manage the precious resource. “We need the public’s ideas and input, now the time has come to recruit citizens to serve on the GSA’s Advisory Committee,” says Michael Olmos, City Manager, City of Visalia. […]
The Visalia City Council continues to be proactive in finding options for addressing water supplies and conservation. To ensure the community’s well-being in the future, on November 12 the Council requested that an appraisal of California Water Service move forward. Visalia is the only city in Tulare County that does not own its water delivery […]
With plans for a new acute-care hospital in downtown Visalia already underway, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District has approved $100 million in additional expansion and upgrades. Included in the long list of construction projects are a new urgent-care facility in northwest Visalia and a doubling of ER beds downtown. “The short of it is […]
The City of Visalia invites you to attend a ribbon cutting and unveiling event for Visalia’s new V-Line, an affordable and convenient bus service between Visalia and Fresno. The ceremony takes place Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 9 a.m. at the Visalia Transit Center just one day before it makes its first official route. Immediately […]
The City of Tulare and the Cal Water Company say a group of chemical manufacturers spent decades contaminating local groundwater with a dangerous, cancer-causing pollutant, and now they’re looking to make the alleged polluters clean up their mess. Lawyers for the City of Tulare could be in court as soon as February 8 to take […]