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13 Jan

Historic rainfall filling reservoirs fast; knocks state out of ‘severe drought’

published on January 13, 2023 - 10:10 AM

Reservoirs from Friant north of Fresno to Lake Isabella near Bakersfield received a huge pulse of runoff in the past

29 Aug

Sources: SoCal grocery chain expanding into South Valley

published on August 29, 2022 - 4:54 PM

Locally owned Palace Food Depot in Tulare will close its doors in October, according to a notice filed with the

29 Jul

Tulare County OKs $87M Great Wolf Lodge incentive package

published on July 29, 2022 - 2:51 PM

With the expectation that the Great Wolf Lodge project at Highway 99 and Caldwell Avenue would attract 600,000 visitors a

22 Jun

Feathers fly: Local poultry growers seek to ramp up production

published on June 22, 2020 - 1:37 PM

Livingston-based Foster Farms is ready to reopen some of those shuttered poultry ranches in Kings County it bought out of

17 Mar

South Valley roundup: New life for Hanford’s Sears Auto Center

published on March 17, 2020 - 12:10 PM

The Sears Auto Center at the Hanford Mall closed in 2018. Now you will be able to get a personal

17 Feb

Nation’s largest solar farm planned south of Porterville

published on February 17, 2020 - 1:49 PM

The nation’s largest solar farm is in the works south of Porterville. The big facility is planned on farmland with

08 Jan

Young-gun developers remaking Visalia’s downtown

published on January 8, 2020 - 12:55 PM

Visalia businessman Marc Dwelle will be buying Ralph Bookout’s vacant, burned-out property in the 200 block of West Main Street

25 Nov

Pitman Farms looks to expand Kings County chicken ranch

published on November 25, 2019 - 1:40 PM

Sanger-based Pitman Farms is expanding again in Kings County. The poultry producer, which has a 110-acre feed mill in Hanford,

04 Oct

Foster Farms wins bid for Zacky Farms remnant

published on October 4, 2019 - 9:17 AM

In a compromise settlement between the lender companies in the Zacky Farms bankruptcy, California’s largest poultry producer, Foster Farms, has

27 Aug

30-mile parallel Friant-Kern Canal proposed

published on August 27, 2019 - 2:12 PM

Friant Water Authority is conducting geotechnical investigations this summer along the outer banks of a 30-mile stretch of the Friant-Kern

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Posted: July 15, 2025 at 1:19 pm

California’s agriculture community has always supported the goal of nourishing
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Posted: July 14, 2025 at 1:03 pm

Manufacturing is more than the backbone of our economy. It’s
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