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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again for the 16th annual “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, supporting area high school students who will be attending four-year universities to major in an agricultural field. This year’s winners, Sophia Gomes of Tulare, CA and Caleb Callison of Hanford, CA, will each receive $2,500 […]
The Visalia Fox Theater hit the ground running in 2023 with more than eight sold-out shows. The Fox has definitely kicked those gears into overdrive with spectacular performances, bringing high energy back to Downtown Visalia. Visalia Fox Theatre’s Executive Director says, “Bringing the Fox Theatre back to life with world-class artists is one thing, but […]