Walk With Me, Family Services is continuing to help people in need after receiving a $2,000 grant from Bank of the Sierra to help fund programs to serve our community. The funding will help continue vital programs in our community outreach effort. Funds will support Walk With Me, Family Services which has three main projects [...]

Moving is always bittersweet. There is the excitement of a new life in a new place but also the memories made in the old one. It will be no different for the Sutton family in Exeter as they ready to move their commercial iris business from Porterville to 150 acres in Star, Idaho near Boise. [...]

Exeter co-hosts mixer at United Way of TC on May 16 in Tulare United Way of Tulare County will be hosting an after hours business mixer in conjunction with the Exeter Chamber of Commerce from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16 at its office, 1601 E. Prosperity Ave. in Tulare. United Way invites you to [...]

Small Grains And Other Field Crops: Alfalfa, oat, and straw fields are still being cut, dried and baled as weather permits. Silage corn has been planted and is growing. Manure has been spread over harvested fields for use as fertilizer. Cotton is still emerging and growing. Some cut hay was caught by the rain, but [...]

Water worries increase for CA farmers, ranchers The early start to wildfire season underscores the dry year suffered by most of the state, and there will be more challenges to come for California farmers and ranchers. Water supplies have been cut, and even though farmers use water-efficient technologies, they’re concerned about their crops receiving enough [...]

A Woodlake company is moving forward with plans to build an athletic facility but about half the size of the regional wrestling facility discussed last year. U.S. Tower has already applied for a conditional use permit to build a 37,500 square foot multi-purpose gymnasium with detached ticket office, restrooms and a 25,000 square foot dormitory, [...]

Normally empty lots near downtown are a good problem to have. When the market is high they can be sold for a pretty penny, and when the market is down they can be used as dirt parking lots while you wait for the market to change course. But what do you do with a lot [...]

The man responsible for innovative techniques to grow blueberries in Tulare County and for creating a community garden that educates people about local agriculutre will receive a much deservd award tonight. Manuel Jimenez, a Farm Advisor with the University of California, Cooperative Extension office in Tulare will be honored for special contributions to the agriculture [...]

Small Grains And Other Field Crops: Early planted grains are reaching maturity. Dryland grains are browning, and some have been disked under due to the early dry season. Alfalfa and forage hay is being mowed and baled. Raised beds have been formed, and corn and other row crops are being planted. Cotton continues to germinate [...]

Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Kevin Kemmerling had a busy year in 2012. He played an important role in the County’s eradication efforts of illegal marijuana grow sites and helped launch an education campaign to prevent people from drowning. These examples are just a couple of reasons why the Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that [...]