Kings and Tulare County officials met with Gov. Jerry Brown’s Drought Task Force last month to discuss and hear how the state’s present and pending water shortage is affecting local agencies. “This current drought is a dire situation that is going to require serious solutions,” said Mike Ennis, District 5 supervisor. “The impacts of this […]
Family HealthCare Network (FHCN) announced that it has selected three high school seniors, two college students and a FHCN employee headed to medical school as the 2014 Anita de la Vega Scholarship recipients. FHCN established the scholarship in 2009 to honor the memory of Anita de la Vega, a clinician with the network for 30 […]
Tulare County for Families, a local pro-immigration reform group, delivered over 650 white crosses to Representative Devin Nunes’ office on Tuesday, May 13. The crosses were made to honor 684 people whose remains were found after their attempts to cross the border, and each name was read aloud outside Nunes’ office on a megaphone in […]
Tulare County Supervisors came out with swords drawn during their May 13th meeting. At issue was the imposition of a fine on a Porterville landlord, Monique Yang, for 150 pot plants cultivated on her property by her tenants last September. On September 10, 2013, Yang received a “10-day notice to abate ordinance code violations” from […]
Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, of Tulare, released the following statement on Monday about the swearing-in of San Diego Assemblywoman Toni Atkins as the 69th Speaker of the California Assembly: “Today, California witnessed something that has happened only twice before in our state’s history – the swearing-in of a woman as the Speaker of the […]
Tulare County currently has funding available to plug and cap private unused wells within the boundaries of the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District. There is no cost to the property owner to participate in the abandoned well program, and all work will be completed by a licensed contractor. The county is currently working with Self-Help […]
Felipe Martinez is one of four candidates vying to win the District 5 seat on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, and he believes he’s able to bring a breath of fresh air to the area. Martinez, 57, is an insurance agent and owns Felipe Martinez Insurance Solutions in Porterville. In addition, Martinez is a […]
The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office decided last week that a complaint made by an individual about the odds of winning in the gun raffle fundraiser conducted by the Friends of Mike Boudreaux election campaign did not merit criminal fraud charges. “The Visalia Police Department received a written complaint from an individual and the Visalia […]
Tulare County Registrar of Voters Rita A. Woodard reminds all voters in the upcoming primary election that Vote by Mail ballots will be available beginning May 5. If you have not been using Vote by Mail, and want a Vote by Mail ballot mailed to you, the Registrar of Voters Office must receive your request […]
Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward and Tulare County District Attorney candidate Ralph Kaelble shared their opinions and answered questions at a candidates’ forum at the April 23rd meeting of the Rotary Club of Visalia. Paul Hurley served as moderator and Rotary Club members provided the questions. The candidates started off by introducing themselves and […]