Kaweah Health inspires next generation of healthcare professionals through immersive experience

Students from Visalia high schools explored the diverse world of healthcare during the Doc Build and Navigate Your Destiny (Doc B.A.N.D.) event at Kaweah Health. The event provided high school students interested in healthcare careers with hands-on opportunities in Kaweah Health’s nationally recognized Simulation Laboratory (SIM Lab), as well as a dinner where students could […]

Countywide Excellence in Education winners announced, educators in Porterville, Tulare, Exeter take top honors

This week, Tulare County Superintendent of Schools Tim Hire surprised the three winners named in the 31st Annual Tulare County Excellence in Education Awards program. The three winners notified were Andrew Woodley (2025 Administrator/Manager of the Year), Heather Silva (2025 Teacher of the Year), and Joanna Woodyatt (2025 School Employee of the Year). In March, […]

Cracking the code of pistachio genetics

California produces 99% of the nation’s pistachios, generating nearly $3 billion in economic value in the state. But pistachios have been slightly understudied in part because of the lack of a high-quality map of their DNA. University of California, Davis, researchers have now generated the most comprehensive genome sequence of the pistachio, allowing plant breeders […]

Donna’s Calendar of Events!!!

Community Theater “Newsies,” the stirring Broadway musical where turn of the century newsboys strike again unfair conditions, runs March 28-April 13 at the Barn Theater, 42 S. Plano, Porterville. 559 310-7046 or www.portervillebarntheater.com “Alice by Heart” reimagines Alice in Wonderland in a musical WWII setting where Alice escapes the war in a whimsical wonderland. Runs […]