The Visalia Emergency Aide Council’s 21st Annual Stocking Drive is underway for Christmas 2020. Due to the pandemic this year Christmas will be very different for everyone. Families are signing up and being screened for the annual distribution that will take place on December 17, 2020. Children are excitedly waiting for the arrival of Santa […]
Visalia Unified School District will delay reopening its elementary school sites by one week. VUSD will reopen elementary sites one week later than the November 30, 2020, planned date. Students in preschool -Grade 2 will return on December 7, 2020, and students in Grades 3-6 will return on December 14, 2020. Tulare County Health and […]
For the first time in show history, the 2021 World Ag Expo® will be an online event February 9-11. Officials at the International Agri-Center® announced the cancellation of the live event on September 14, and spent the next month carefully weighing the implications of a digital show. “A digital show is not a replacement for […]
A press release written by Mary Jane Galviso, Director, Rural Communities Resource Center (RCRC). Valley Voice will be doing a follow-up article next week. Every Friday at noon, rural residents from northern Tulare County and southern Fresno County line-up for the weekly drive-through community food distribution. Food, Our Right! (FOR) is a program by the […]
November 19th is the American Cancer Society’s 45th Annual Great American Smokeout, a day for people who use tobacco to create a plan to quit. No matter what age or how long they have smoked, quitting can help them live longer and be healthier. It’s hard to stop smoking but tobacco users are not alone […]
A press release from Kaweah Delta As the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to rise, Kaweah Delta has increased the number of locations where it is offering rapid testing and is asking the community to keep safety at the top of mind if gathering for the holidays. “Unfortunately, just as we are seeing an uptick […]
Political Analysis by Mark Pratter HANFORD – Kalish Morrow scored a major political upset in unseating long-term incumbent Sue Sorensen for the District B council race which encompasses North Hanford. She beat Sorensen by 530 votes out of 4,407 cast, according to Kings County Registrar of Voters. District B was a three-way race that included […]
The initiative to save the undeveloped half of Hidden Valley Park will be extended six months. A local citizens’ group was supposed to turn in 2,693 valid registered voters’ signatures from Hanford by October 29. However, October 22 a new initiative was filed with the city clerk extending the signature deadline for six months. This […]
Visalia’s retiring Mayor, Bob Link, leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of a lifetime of service to our city. He has been a member of the City Council for the last 21 years – including 3 terms as Mayor. Over the last 60 years he has donated countless hours to non-profit organizations, service clubs, religious organizations […]
Tulare County Library opens the doors and expands Pick Up services to Lobby service. Lobby service began September 29 at the Visalia Branch Library with services at all other branches, except Terra Bella, beginning the week of October 26. The Library is happy to bring back in person services following the State’s Blueprint for a […]