Calling all Tulare & Kings County high school baseball & softball players! The Rawhide Baseball Foundation for Kids will be hosting the first of what will be an annual Hitting Challenge competition for high school baseball & softball athletes on Wednesday, September 7th @ 6pm. Applications are now available at www.RawhideBaseball.com. The selection committee is […]
The Visalia Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting its second Central California Pickleball Tournament of the year on Friday, October 21st through Sunday, October 23rd at the Plaza Park Tennis Complex. For those not familiar with Pickleball, it is a sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, table tennis and volleyball. It is played […]
College of the Sequoias alumni Deajah Stevens will run Monday, August 15, in the women’s 200 meter first round with the ultimate goal of going for Olympic gold. The former Giant, now a University of Oregon Duck, calls the Olympics her Super Bowl and only originally dared to dream of reaching them during the 2020 […]
In an election as monumental as Saving Our ONLY Public Hospital in Tulare, we believe it is critical that every eligible resident’s voice in our Healthcare District be heard. The Measure I special election will literally decide the fate of the communities within our healthcare district. From Pixley to Tipton, from Waukena to Alpaugh, from […]
It is truly sad and unfortunate that there exist people in our Tulare Healthcare District that want to not pass Measure I, and choose to not save our Tulare Hospital. What’s very sad is that these very people are the very people that were on the hospital board when the fiasco with the first bond […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors hosted its annual meeting with Tule River Tribal Council on July 20, with the tree mortality epidemic, water and the drought, and ambulance service receiving the most attention. “It’s good to keep open communication between the Tule River Tribe and Tulare County,” said Tribal Chair Neil Peyron before the […]
Soon we will be receiving our mail-in ballots to cast our votes on one thing — Measure I, the $55M hospital bond. We as a community have a duty to understand just what it is that we are voting on — and for. This bond, if passed, will burden this hospital district, all homeowners and […]
I think it’s time for some “facts checks” regarding a letter to the editor (Visalia Times Delta) from the TRMC board member Linda Wilbourn dated July 20, 2016. I would like to address primarily the third paragraph of her letter. Mrs. Wilbourn states “…the likelihood of the hospital closing is real.” Is that her opinion […]
In a couple of days, voters in Tulare will be receiving a mail in ballot for Measure I. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Measure I is a $55 million dollar public obligation bond measure for construction at our local hospital. If you’re like me, you’ve been overwhelmed by a half dozen mailers, […]
Something doesn’t add up. Looking at a property tax statement and taxes to TLHCD, we currently pay the staggering amount of 7%! In using the estimated tax numbers provided in Measure I Bond Resolution, Exhibit C, the taxes will increase in the fiscal year 2017 – 2018 to 9.1%. Fiscal year 2018 – 2019, taxes […]