We at the Valley Voice hope everyone has remained safe, healthy, and emotionally strong during this trying time. Unfortunately, there will be no print editions until shelter-in-place is lifted and this ghastly virus is defeated. Here’s a thumbnail summary of fresh content be posted on our website, with an expected ETA of 7pm on 16 […]
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Fox Theatre to close through April due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Visalia Fox Theatre today announced that all remaining shows in April will be canceled or postponed to later dates in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Following the order of Governor Gavin Newsom and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the California Department of Public Health, and the Tulare County Health Department, […]
Tulare County Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Program applications open
As the 35th Tulare County Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Class wraps up their experience, it is time for sophomores in Tulare County to apply for the next Youth Leadership Class. The deadline to apply is right around the corner on May 1, 2020. Students are not required to have a connection to agriculture or Farm Bureau […]
Kaweah Delta announces street closure for COVID-19 testing, limits elective surgery
From KDHCD: VISALIA – Starting next week, the City of Visalia will close a small city block to improve safety for Tulare County residents coming to Kaweah Delta for COVID-19 testing. Effective Tuesday, March 31, Floral Street in downtown Visalia will close to traffic one block north of Kaweah Delta Medical Center (between Main Street […]
Visalia installs dangerous stop sign
UPDATE: Visalia is working with Cal Trans to resolve the problem. There is a new stop sign along East Mineral King Avenue going toward Ben Maddox at the entrance to Highway 198. Unfortunately its so hard to see few people know its there. While the Valley Voice observed the traffic approaching the stop sign on […]
Mitt Romney “I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice”
The Constitution is at the foundation of our Republic’s success, and we each strive not to lose sight of our promise to defend it. The Constitution established the vehicle of impeachment that has occupied both houses of our Congress these many days. We have labored to faithfully execute our responsibilities to it. We have arrived […]
Valley Voice Calendar of Events
February 5 – March 12: The Bad Art Show Come to our 4th Annual Bad Art Show where we are shaking it up a bit, freeing up our preconceptions, and enjoying local art!! 4th annual Bad Art Show Reception, Friday January 24th, 5 – 7pm at Porterville Art Association Gallery, 151 N. Main street in […]
President Trump Letter to Speaker Pelosi on Impeachment
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: I write to express my strongest and most powerful protest against the partisan impeachment crusade being pursued by the Democrats in the House of Representatives. This impeachment represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat Lawmakers, unequaled […]
The Cheez we Chewed Wasn’t Choice
I was 16 years old, in 1979, when I walked off a part-time job directing parking for people who wanted to go out and kill their own Christmas tree. I’d been a Golden Bears fan for 11 years by then, and in all that time the team had come up empty. So it was that, […]
Salvation Army Teams Up with Walmart to “Stuff the Bus”
Volunteers and community members support local kids with school supply donations Walmart and The Salvation Army are joining forces to provide new school supplies to local children in need during the “Stuff the Bus” campaign event at Walmart locations in Visalia and Tulare on Saturday, August 3, 2019. The “Stuff the Bus” campaign event in […]