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 […]
Less than a year after moving to its new west Visalia facility, the Valley Oak SPCA Low-Cost Clinic is in need of a new doctor. For the past month, the clinic has ceased offering vaccination and spay/neuter surgeries to the public, due to the lack of a veterinarian. “We’re in the process of trying to […]
Reporter’s Note: A few weeks back this reporter found a listing on Craig’s List for filing cabinets. The Visalia Rescue Mission had received a donation of an abundance of them. Since the Valley Voice was in need, a reply was made to the listing and an appointment set to check them out. Valley Voice purchased […]
By an interesting quirk of fate, two statistics regarding Tulare County are nearly identical: About 20% of the county’s land is taken up by national parks, and almost 20% of the students fail to graduate high school. While these statistics seemingly have little to do with each other, at least one local educator thinks there […]