A letter to the Valley Voice Editor: In a recent correspondence, James Henderson, the Chairman of the Republican Party of Tulare County bragged, “We currently have all 5 REPUBLICAN Supervisors…”. He was pleading with his Republican base to hold the line. Shouldn’t we be asking, “Who will represent the other 76,618 Tulare County people who […]
Since February of 2016, Green Acres Middle School students who participate in The PULSE Afterschool Program have been volunteering their time once a week to feed the homeless at the Visalia Rescue Mission. This community service has been part of a leadership project initiated by their participation in the 5th Annual Tulare County Step Up […]
America’s newest National Park is just a few hours away from the South Valley. Located in the Salinas Valley, Pinnacles National Park was first established as a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. It was passed by congress for National Park status in 2012, and signed in by President Barack Obama in January […]
Sequoia Shuttle will celebrate ten years of transporting passengers to and from Sequoia National Park with a 2016 season kick-off event, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, featuring a press conference with representatives from Visalia Transit, the City of Visalia, Sequoia National Park and the Disability Advisory Committee. The event will culminate in a […]
College of the Sequoias Equestrian Team member Jamie Thompson placed 7th in the nation last weekend at the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships (IHSA) held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Over 400 schools compete as members of IHSA. Thompson, a Visalia native, majors in Animal Science at COS and plans a […]
Next Fall, which opens at the Ice House Theatre in Visalia May 13, is at heart a play about real people with differing points of view trying to make their relationships work in spite of or perhaps because of their beliefs. Luke and Adam, rather unlikely lovers since Luke is a devout Christian and Adam […]
Friday, May 6 saw the opening of theSOURCE LGBT+ Center in Visalia. The center provides the LGBT+ community and their allies with services, referrals, and resources, designed to improve the quality of life for LGBT+ individuals in Tulare and Kings Counties. Hundreds toured the new center, with many being part of First Friday, the monthly program […]
A lot has been written in this publication lately about Tulare Regional Medical Center, and unfortunately much of it isn’t true. We appreciate the opportunity to relate the facts about the hospital and it is our hope this publication will start to verify facts before publishing stories filled with mistakes, unattributed opinion and rumors. The […]
Kathleen Johnson states, “In order to complete the tower, we must ask voters for $55 million to finish job. That’s an amount previous administrations and multiple boards (including the one serving in 2005 when the first GO bond was introduced) knew it needed but failed to ask for.” Kathleen Johnson makes no reference as to […]
Porterville College in conjunction with America’s Job Center of California will hold its Fourth Annual Job Fair from 9am-2pm, Tuesday, May 3 in the Porterville College Gymnasium, 100 East College Avenue in Porterville. Priority service will be observed from 9-9:30am for military veterans and their families. More than 60 hiring vendors have already signed up […]