COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue strong as SVMC-Imperial Ambulance and the City of Porterville provide a safe place for community members to receive their COVID-19 vaccines/boosters and a $100 gift card to a local Porterville business. Thanks to the strength of the collaboration, more than 25,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the […]
Kaweah Health has been named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals™ for the 4th consecutive year, placing it in the top five percent of hospitals in the country and an overall leader in clinical excellence, according to Healthgrades. Kaweah Health is one of two hospitals in the Central Valley to achieve this distinction and the […]
Beginning as early as February 10 through the middle of March, fire personnel at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park will be burning piles of cut wood and other vegetation in the Big Stump area of Grant Grove and the Lodgepole area of Giant Forest. The 87-acre Big Stump pile burn project area is located […]
The city’s need for more affordable housing collided head-on with outraged North Hanford residents who loudly protested Wednesday night at a special town hall meeting in Hanford’s Civic Auditorium. The residents’ outrage was focused on a planned 72-unit housing project, 22 of which will serve vulnerable populations. The February 16 town hall was a “Presentation […]
The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) staff proposed a $3500 fine on former Hanford Mayor Dan Chin but today, February 17, the commission unanimously rejected their own staff’s recommendation, embedded at the end of this article. The FPPC sent the matter back to the staff saying that the campaign law violation committed by Chin was […]
A Press Release from the office of State Senator Melissa Hurtado Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) introduced SB 1219— State Water Resiliency and Modernization Act — to reimagine water management in the 21st century— that works to create a sustainable water system prioritizing preservation and sustainability for all of California by building a Blue Ribbon Commission, […]
A press release from the City of Tulare United States Cold Storage, with 42 Refrigerated, Chill, and Ambient Storage and Distribution Facilities across the United States has announced it has received board approval to break ground and begin construction of a 3.8 million cubic foot facility on 39 acres adjacent to its Tulare North Facility […]
Porterville, CA — David Shepard, a Republican farmer from Porterville, today announced his campaign for California State Senate, District 16. “Four generations ago, my family came to the Central Valley in search of work and opportunity. They found it here and were able to provide a better life for our family. It is humbling to announce my campaign to represent our home in […]
A press release from the Carnegie Museum of Kings County In conjunction with Black History Month, the Carnegie Museum of Kings County (CMKC) will be celebrating the longstanding presence and rich contributions of African Americans in Kings County and surrounding areas in a special exhibition that runs from Feb. 11 through April 24. The exhibition […]
A press release by the Sequoia Parks Conservancy Sequoia Parks Conservancy is excited to announce their upcoming virtual speaker event, Giant Conversations: Fire and Giant Sequoias in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This timely discussion will feature three experts with a wide range of knowledge about giant sequoias, wildfire, fire ecology, the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]