Operation Nightmare” Continues: Dozens of Gang Members Behind Bars, Illegal Guns & Drugs Seized During Four-Day Detail

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Ashley Schwarm

As part of the ongoing investigation into the Goshen Massacre on January 16th, which prompted “Operation Nightmare”, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office TAGNET unit organized a multi-agency Probation and Parole Detail. Officers from the Visalia Police Department, Dinuba Police Department, Tulare Police Department, Woodlake Police Department, Farmersville Police Department, Exeter Police Department, Lindsay Police Department, […]

California Bountiful TV season to begin on Feb. 25

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Valley Voice Contributor

California Bountiful TV, the California Farm Bureau’s weekly program that connects people with the food they eat and the farmers and ranchers who grow and raise it, will debut its new season Feb. 25 with new host and executive producer Aubrey Aquino. A California native raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Aquino is a […]

Tulare Hospital Board Announces New CEO

Posted on February 23, 2023February 24, 2023 by Kevin Northcraft

This article was updated 2/24/23 at 2:48pm Following a public recruitment and interview process, the Tulare Local Healthcare District Board of Directors has appointed Randy Dodd as the new District Chief Executive Officer. Dodd is the former President of Adventist Health-Tulare, and was largely responsible for reopening the hospital in record time. Adventist Health leased […]

Exeter Union High School wins Mock Trial

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Valley Voice Contributor

Last Wednesday, Exeter Union High School (EUHS) defeated University Preparatory High School (UPHS) at the Mock Trial finals held at Granite Hills High School’s Justice Center in Porterville. Exeter will now represent Tulare County at the state finals scheduled for March 17-19 in Los Angeles. Exeter students were all smiles and hugs after their big […]

Join the Teen Advisory Group

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Jonathan Waltmire

Interested in helping to plan Library programs and events for Teens? The Tulare County Library’s Visalia Branch invites teens, ages 14-18, to join the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 2 to 3 p. Come join us and bring a friend upstairs to the Blue Room. Refreshments are provided. Teens can […]

Groundbreaking for COS Tulare’s Applied Technology & Trades Complex

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Valley Voice Contributor

College of the Sequoias Tulare campus is hosting a groundbreaking on Friday, February 24, 2024 at 10 a.m. for a new Applied Technology & Trades complex. The groundbreaking will kick off the construction of the complex, which will be the home for a number of COS’s applied technology and skill trades programs including agricultural technology, […]

The History of Local Fast-pitch Softball to be Celebrated as Part of Valley History Talk Series

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Jack Schwartz

The local popularity and global success of Central Valley men’s fast-pitch softball teams during the 1940s through the 1970s will be highlighted in a special talk on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Old Grangeville Church in Hanford. Dan Ramirez, president of the Central California Fast Pitch Softball Legacy Project and the evening’s speaker, said his […]

Arts Visalia Presents: Identity-A Juried Community Art Exhibition

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Valley Voice Contributor

What do you think of when you think of identity? Is it personal, social, communal, or something else? A diverse array of 38 local artists have chosen to answer that question with the March juried community art exhibition Identity. Each artist explores the question, “Who are you?” in their own unique way. The exhibition is […]

Tulare County Panhellenic Awards Scholarships

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Deene Souza

Dear Editor, I’m writing to you today to brag about some exceptional young adult women in our county. Congratulations are in order to the following sorority women for earning an academic scholarship from Tulare County Panhellenic. Our organization awarded a total of $4,000 in scholarship awards. These women are leaders in their organizations and academic […]

PFLAG Tulare & Kings Counties LGBT Library to hold ‘Reading with Love’ book sale

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Valley Voice Contributor

The PFLAG Tulare & Kings Counties/Donald Broyles Memorial Library is hosted at The Source LGBT+ Center. Over the years, PFLAG and The Source have received donations of books, including the 400+ book collection of Tiana Arruda, who was a Latina lesbian activist in the Bay Area some 50 years ago. The Arruda collection, 63 issues […]