A press release from Tulare County Health and Human Services The need for behavioral health services has drastically increased as the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of many across the country and has created new challenges for people already suffering from mental illness and substance abuse disorders. Tulare County Behavioral Health is […]
An investigation by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the Tulare County High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Task Force (HIDTA) has resulted in the arrest of five local men and the seizure of dozens of pounds of potent and potentially deadly narcotics. Six Arrests Total A spokesperson for the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said four […]
Press release from Tulare County Office of Education On Friday, April 1, high school students from Tulare and Kings counties will be visiting the Visalia and Tulare campuses of College of the Sequoias for the annual College and Career EXPO. Nearly 460 students from 20 schools have registered to participate in EXPO 2022. EXPO has […]
It was more of an entreaty than request when Stephanie Hill from the Tulare County Elections Office spoke during Tulare County Voices at 210 last Thursday night. “We appreciate as many people voting early and getting those ballots back to us because with this April election we only have nine days to certify,” said Hill. […]
By Trilby Barton, Public Outreach Specialist Evapotranspiration (ET) data collection is a key step in achieving sustainability under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Kaweah Subbasin landowners and interested stakeholders are invited to attend one of three workshops in March 2022 that will discuss how the Kaweah Subbasin is harnessing the technology of LandIQ to […]
The 2022 Tulare County Spelling Championship concluded this afternoon at the Valley Strong Ballpark in downtown Visalia The competition, which is co-hosted by the Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register, went 22 rounds. The winner was Bryce Melgar, a seventh-grade student at Ridgeview Middle School in Visalia. Bryce will represent Tulare County at the Scripps National […]
The Milan Institute of Cosmetology and television giant Sinclair Broadcasting – which owns four TV stations in Fresno and Bakersfield – are gearing up for a legal battle in the Tulare County Superior Court. Sinclair claims the school owes it money – and Milan claims that Sinclair purposefully smeared its reputation in order to get […]
A press release by the Sequoia Parks Conservancy Sequoia Parks Conservancy is excited to announce their upcoming virtual speaker event, Giant Conversations: Fire and Giant Sequoias in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This timely discussion will feature three experts with a wide range of knowledge about giant sequoias, wildfire, fire ecology, the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]
Tulare County residents are invited to attend a series of meetings to offer input on redistricting and submit maps of what they would like Kaweah Delta Health Care District’s five geographic zones to look like for future board elections. The District is currently analyzing its zones using the 2020 census data to redraw the district […]
COVID-19 continues to be widespread in Tulare County, fueled by the latest Omicron variant of the virus. Tulare County Public Health officials are reporting some of the highest COVID-19 case rates and positivity rates ever during the ongoing pandemic. During this current surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, public health officials urge everyone to take […]