The annual Tulare World Ag Expo enjoyed clear days during its Feb. 11-13 run last week as the Sierra Nevada mountains loomed in the background. The annual Expo draws over 100,000 persons each year and nearly 1,500 exhibitors.

Tulare's World Ag Expo features 1,500 exhibitors and draws expected big crowds

Feb 16 2020 - 12:38pm

The 53rd Annual World Ag Expo, held at Tulare’s International Agri-Center, enjoyed a big turnout and moderate weather as nearly 1,500 exhibitors displayed the latest in farm equipment, chemicals, communications, and technology last week, Feb. 11-13. Keep reading...

Edna Ivans

West Hills College District board honors longtime trustee and pair of venerable faculty members

Feb 20 2020 - 1:59pm From West Hills College

Longtime West Hills College figures Edna Ivans and Don and Mary Forth were honored for their decades of service to the West Hills Community College District at February 18’s meeting of the WHCCD’s Board of Trustees. Keep reading...

Rendering of what solar parking area on the north side of the Hanford Medical Pavilion will look like when completed.

Adventist Health launches solar project at several of its Valley hospitals

Dec 4 2019 - 5:53pm By The Leader Staff

Positioning itself as a leader in energy efficiency, Adventist Health is launching a years-long solar project that will reduce its system’s carbon footprint throughout the Central Valley. Keep reading...

Nurse Practitioner Ana Marie Grajo

Adventist Health welcomes new board-certified family nurse practitioner to Hanford

Feb 11 2020 - 10:43am

Ana Marie Grajo, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, has joined Adventist Health Physicians Network Hanford at the Lacey Medical Plaza. She provides wellness checks, physicals, and well-woman exams, along with care for chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. Keep reading...

The Lemoore RV Club is hosting an Open House on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Lemoore Veterans Hall, located at 411 West D Street.

Lemoore traveling vagabonds, the Lemoore RV Club, host Feb. 12 Open House

Feb 3 2020 - 1:28pm By The Leader Staff

Lemoore’s traveling vagabonds, members of the Lemoore RV Club, are hosting an Open House on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Lemoore Veterans Building, located at 411 West D Street. Anyone thinking about camping trips with a bunch of mostly retired “fun-loving” vagabonds may enjoy this meeting. Keep reading...

Assemblyman Rudy Salas awards Citizen of the Year proclamation to Frank Gornick at Friday night's Lemoore Chamber of Commerce Gala.

Image Gallery: Packed Palace hall greets Lemoore Chamber Gala and honorees

Jan 19 2020 - 11:52am By Ed Martin, Editor

The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino upstairs banquet room was nearly standing room only Friday night (Jan. 17)  as the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce welcomed several hundred supporters to its 62nd Annual Gala. Friday’s annual event celebrated local businesses are celebrated and announced a new chamber board. It was also a night for the recognition of a local organization, and of course, the crowning of a new citizen of the year. Keep reading...

Owner and master chef Sunny Law hosted a unique Japanese dinner Saturday night at his Sushi Table Restaurant.

Lemoore's Sushi Table Chef Sunny Law continues to create a unique food experience

Sep 11 2019 - 11:06am By Ed Martin, Editor

Lemoore has more than its share of excellent restaurants. From the proliferation of top-notch Mexican cuisine to a smorgasbord of fine dining offered by such longtime venerable eating establishments such as The Vineyard Restaurant, Senor Ponchos, and Reyna's, Lemoore's hungry population will never starve. Keep reading...

Classmates and friends of Lemoore High School Class of 1980 grad Otis Tolbert are seeking funding for a memorial to honor their fall classmate who died on Sept. 11, 2001 while serving as a naval officer at the Pentagon.

Classmates create memorial fund to honor Lemoore grad and 9/11 victim Otis Tolbert and hope to dedicate on Sept. 11, 2020

Dec 29 2019 - 3:32pm By Ed Martin, Editor

A consortium of friends, teachers, and others – many from the Lemoore High School Class of 1980 – have come together to honor their friend and fellow graduate Otis Tolbert, an unfortunate victim of one of the nation’s most heinous terrorist acts. Keep reading...

Lions Club Speech Contest winners David Figueroa (2nd place), Lions members Gina Arcino and Pini Etchegoin, and champion Sofie Johnson.

Lemoore Middle College senior gets another crack at annual Lions Club Speech Contest

Feb 20 2020 - 6:24pm By The Leader Staff

A Lemoore Middle College student is making a return trip to the annual Lions Club Student Speaker Contest, the organization’s 83rd annual event. A year ago, Sofie Johnson, then a junior at the local high school, won the Kings Lions Club contest and narrowly missed out at the Regional event a year ago. Keep reading...

Lemoore Middle College High School students Caitlin Endo and Clayton Lahodny confer during Super Quiz at Saturday's Kings County Academic Decathlon.

Lemoore's Middle College High captures 8th Academic Decathlon title in a row

Feb 2 2020 - 1:29pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Lemoore High School District’s Middle College High School won its eighth Kings County Academic Decathlon in a row Saturday afternoon at Hanford’s Sierra Pacific High School, and it did so in rather convincing fashion. Keep reading...

The Lemoore Union High School District will place a $26 million bond measure on the March 3, 2020 election ballot for modernization and renovation projects within the district.

Lemoore Union High School District seeks $26 million bond measure, second levy in four years

Jan 28 2020 - 3:27pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Four years ago, the Lemoore Union High School District convinced the district’s voters to approve a $24 million bond measure for new facilities and upgrades to its classrooms and buildings. Keep reading...

Aviators with VFA 25 (Fist of the Fleet) arrive home Saturday afternoon following a record-setting 10-month deployment.

Image Gallery: A pair of NAS Lemoore squadrons end their record 10-month around-the-world deployment on Saturday

Jan 19 2020 - 1:25pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Two hundred ninety-one days. That’s how long the USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the U.S. Navy’s mighty carriers, has been at sea since beginning a nearly 10-month deployment, the most extended Navy deployment since the end of the Cold War. Keep reading...

Fresno Police Chaplaincy Resiliency Center members accept monthly breakfast donation check from Palace Hotel and Casino.

Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino monthly breakfast nets $3,910 for Fresno Police Chaplaincy Resiliency Center

Feb 12 2020 - 12:24pm By The Leader Staff

The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino recently hosted its monthly community breakfast and presented a check for $3,910 to Fresno Police Chaplaincy Resiliency Center, an organization that provides early intervention to meet the needs of children and youth who have been impacted by emotional trauma. Keep reading...

Senior NJROTC Unit Commander Brianne Lopez, shown here with the program's instructor, Lt. Cmdr. John Wolstenholme accepted the Daughters of the American Revolution Award recently.

Lemoore High's NJROTC student commander earns prestigious Daughters of American Revolution Award

Jan 27 2020 - 6:10pm By The Leader Staff

A Lemoore High senior and the school’s NJROTC student commanding officer, Brianne Lopez, picked up a prestigious award recently. On Jan. 21, the talented student accepted the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Award in a special presentation held at Visalia’s Lamp Liter Inn. Keep reading...

NJROTC marksmen left to right: Juan Torres-Thomas, Cole Williams, Mitchell Bonham, and Angelo Sangerman headed to Phoenix NJROTC Nationals.

Lemoore High's vaunted NJROTC marksmen earn return trip to national competition

Jan 26 2020 - 12:00pm By The Leader Staff

Lemoore’s Naval Junior ROTC program is at it again. A talented team of Lemoore High School marksmen, thanks to a first-place showing in the recent Area-11 Marksmanship Competition, is headed to Phoenix, Arizona. Keep reading...

Lemoore freshman Jaelyn Proby looks to score in fourth quarter against Fresno High in the first round of playoffs Wednesday night in Lemoore's Event Center.

Lady Tigers play it close, but end up falling in first round of hoops playoffs to end solid season

Feb 20 2020 - 1:37pm By The Leader Staff

Lemoore’s unrelenting varsity girls’ basketball team played admirably against its first-round opponent, Fresno High School, keeping even with the North Yosemite League’s Warriors for much of the game, even jumping out to a respectable lead to start the fourth quarter. Keep reading...

Lemoore's Anfernee Murrieta at the plate Wednesday afternoon as the Tigers lost their first game this season.

Tigers baseball has its chances but lose their first game of season after three straight wins

Feb 20 2020 - 12:55pm By The Leader Staff

It had to come sometime for Lemoore’s varsity baseball team. Despite some solid pitching and aggressive batsmanship, the Tigers, after winning their first three games, fell 4-3 to the visiting Dinuba Emperors (2-1) Wednesday afternoon in Lemoore. Keep reading...

Wayne Joint, show here in a match from 2019, is making a return trip to the California State Wrestling Championships and will join four Tiger teammates in Bakersfield.

Tiger wrestlers well represented at upcoming State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield

Feb 24 2020 - 12:15pm By The Leader Staff

Come February, and local sports enthusiasts can just about bet that California’s annual state wrestling tournament will feature a contingent of Lemoore wrestlers. Well, they’re right. It turns out that the Tigers will be well represented at this weekend’s California State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield. Keep reading...

Matt Ramirez is pictured here in the Tigers first playoff win against Templeton. Lemoore won 3-1 to advance in the Division 3 playoffs.

Tigers fall to No. 2 Highland in Division 3 soccer semifinals. Lemoore completes solid 17-7-3 season

Feb 21 2020 - 10:22am By The Leader Staff

Lemoore’s successful soccer season ended Wednesday night at Highland High School in Bakersfield as the No. 2 ranked Division 3 Scots defeated the Tigers 3-0 to advance to the championship game against No. 1 ranked Foothill High School. Keep reading...

Local author Jason R. Koivu has penned a second book (The Rue of Hope) the latest in a fantasy series of books he is writing. It is expected to be released on Feb. 20 across the country.

Lemoore author Jason Koivu pens second fantasy-based novel 'The Rue of Hope' out Feb. 20

Feb 13 2020 - 11:49am By The Leader Staff

A Lemoore man, and published author, is releasing his second book this month, the second in a series of fantasy-themed novels about the exploits of a unique character, Ford Barlow, a troubled and impulsive and troubled young man living in an age where the sword and the axe ruled. Keep reading...