Granddaughter Kya helps Dr. Willie Ewing celebrate as the 2019 Lemoore Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year during Friday night's annual Chamber Installation Dinner.

Gallery: Lemoore gathers again to honor the community's best at Chamber dinner

Jan 19 2019 - 2:07pm By Ed Martin, Editor

There is something special about coming together occasionally to honor those who serve their community. Since 1959, when the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce began honoring a “Citizen of the Year,” the decades since have seen a change in the way Lemoore awards its most deserving citizens. Keep reading...

WHC Chancellor Dr. Stuart Van Horn

Chancellor Van Horn talks West Hills District success and a promising future in annual address

Jan 15 2019 - 11:21am From West Hills College

West Hills Community College District Chancellor Dr. Stuart Van Horn welcomed the new Spring 2019 semester—which began Jan. 11—with his annual State of the District address, which included remarks lauding the past year and predictions for a promising future. Keep reading...

West Hills District welcomes new Deputy Chancellor Richard Storti

West Hills College welcomes new Deputy Chancellor Richard Storti

Dec 14 2018 - 11:25am From West Hills College

West Hills Community College District will welcome a new deputy chancellor during the new year. Dr. Richard Storti will take the reins on January 14. He takes over from longtime Deputy Chancellor Ken Stoppenbrink who retires this year following his 20 years of service with the West Hills Community College District. Keep reading...

The Blue Angels, shown here in at Fleet Week in San Francisco, will return to NAS Lemoore on Sept. 21-22 for the Central Valley Air Show.

The Navy's Blue Angels to headline Sept. 21-22 NAS Lemoore Central Valley Air Show

Jan 8 2019 - 12:11pm By The Leader Staff

Naval Air Station Lemoore will host one of the San Joaquin Valley’s biggest events as the NAS Lemoore Central Valley Air Show returns to the Valley's massive military installation later this year. This year’s air show is slated for Sept. 21 and 22 at the station’s flight line. Keep reading...

West Hills issues eleventh edition of West Hills Magazine. Winter edition online and in print

West Hills issues eleventh edition of West Hills Magazine. Winter edition online and in print

Dec 15 2018 - 1:25pm By The Leader Staff

The Winter 2018 issue of West Hills Magazine is now available online and in print and has been mailed to donors and the college’s friends. Copies are available on each campus, the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce and libraries. Keep reading...

Baby Davina, first baby born in Kings County in 2019.

Adventist ushers in Baby Davina, first Kings County 2019 arrival of New Year

Jan 2 2019 - 11:03am

Baby Davina wasn’t ready to arrive on her scheduled due date of Dec. 24, 2018. Instead, she waited to make her debut on New Year’s Day! The seven-pound, seven-ounce bundle of joy arrived at 2:13 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2019, at the Adventist Health Hanford Birth Center. Keep reading...

NAS Lemoore Youth Sports and Fitness Program earns national designation

NAS Lemoore Youth Sports and Fitness Program earns national designation

Jan 7 2019 - 1:06pm

The Naval Air Station Lemoore Youth Sports and Fitness Program has been designated a Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider as determined by the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS). Keep reading...

Dr. Willie Ewing

Longtime Lemoore physican selected as Lemoore Chamber Citizen of the Year. Event slated for Jan. 18 at The Palace

Dec 3 2018 - 11:50am By The Leader Staff

The Lemoore Chamber of Commerce announced this week that it would install Dr. Willie Ewing as Lemoore’s Citizen of the Year and honor him during the 61st Annual Installation & Awards Banquet. Keep reading...

After 30 years and six days, Lemoore Fosters Freeze owner Ray Moore has decided to retire. He recently sold the business and plans to spend time with family.

Lemoore's Fosters Freeze's Ray Moore bids adieu to long-time popular restaurant

Nov 10 2018 - 12:49pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Ray Moore can afford to take a break. Personable and hard-working, Moore, 69, owned and managed Lemoore’s Fosters’ Freeze restaurant for the past 30 years, and at an age well past Social Security requirements, he’s decided now that maybe it’s time for retirement, and maybe a vacation. Keep reading...

The folks at Shaw's Air Conditioning and Heating join Lemoore Christian Aid volunteers as the local business delivered blankets to the local charity.

Gallery: Local families a bit warmer thanks to local business and Christian Aid

Jan 16 2019 - 12:00pm By Ed Martin, Editor

The friendly folks at Shaw’s Heating and Air Conditioning know how to keep people warm. Shaw’s, a mainstay business in Lemoore since 2004 and an annual creative presence at Lemoore Christmas Parades, take its business, and its charity, seriously. Keep reading...

Tommy and Rachel Nix have brought a unique new business to Lemoore called The Lemoore Labyrinth. The business is located at 339 West D St. Suite F.

Downtown business, The Lemoore Labyrinth, can often leave its customers completely puzzled, or wanting even more

Jan 20 2019 - 4:54pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Tommy and Rachel Nix, a local husband and wife team, are business owners in Lemoore in what is undoubtedly a unique enterprise, one that often leaves its participants quite puzzled. Keep reading...

Oscar Lucio and spouse Melissa celebrate his retirement Saturday night, Jan. 12 in the Lemoore Civic Auditorium.

Hundreds gather at Lemoore Civic Auditorium to honor Oscar Lucio as he retires from the Lemoore Police Department

Jan 16 2019 - 11:29am By Ed Martin, Editor

Suppose you have a retirement party, and nobody comes? Well, Oscar Lucio didn’t have to worry about that as nearly 200 of his friends, supporters, and family came out to honor the likable cop as he stepped down from the Lemoore Police Department after more than 32 years on the job. Keep reading...

The Lemoore Elementary School District is seeking members for its Citizens Bond Oversight Committee to monitor $26 million bond measure.

Lemoore Elementary School District seeks members for $26 million Citizens Bond Oversight Committee

Jan 15 2019 - 11:53am By The Leader Staff

The Lemoore Elementary School District has started the process to implement the $26 million bond measure Lemoore voters approved in November to modernize and renovate its network of facilities district officials say are needed to prepare for a growing student population. Keep reading...

Lemoore High School seeks the public's votes in $200,000 National Education Contest. Votes counted Jan. 21 through Jan. 25

Lemoore High School seeks the public's votes in $200,000 National Education Contest. Votes counted Jan. 21 through Jan. 25

Jan 9 2019 - 1:25pm

Lemoore High School needs your votes and a lot of them. The local high school has entered a $200,000 national education contest hoping for a chance at one of 13 prizes to be awarded recognizing unique and inventive K-12 programs. To win, Lemoore will need plenty of votes. Keep reading...

Lemoore's Katie Lowe laughs in the kitchen with mom Sandi. Katie came home for a few weeks from her Peace Corps job in Tonga where she teaches English as a Second Language.

Lemoore grad Katie Lowe finds a second home on South Pacific island of Tonga, teaching English while serving with the Peace Corps

Dec 29 2018 - 9:13pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Shortly before he was elected president in 1960, John F. Kennedy, during a speech to college students, lamented that the Soviet Union, in its effort to expand the threat of communism, “had hundreds of men and women, scientists, physicists, teachers, engineers, doctors, and nurses prepared to spend their lives abroad in the service of world communism.” Keep reading...

Local educators from the Lemoore Elementary School District donated nearly 4,700 books to the schools of Paradise, a town devastated by fire.

Fire-ravaged Paradise gets an early Christmas gift from local teachers. Nearly 7,500 books donated to California community

Dec 24 2018 - 11:08am By Ed Martin, Editor

As the thousands of residents of Paradise, a picturesque community in Northern California, survey the charred remnants of the place they once called home, some may have silently pondered how – and if – the small town, located 100 miles north of Sacramento, can somehow arise from the ashes. Keep reading...

Lemoore's Daniel Charleston grabs a rebound in Friday's win over visiting Hanford, 66-58 as they remained atop the West Yosemite League standings.

Tigers cruise to top spot in West Yosemite League with convincing 66-58 win against visiting Bullpups

Jan 18 2019 - 11:21am By The Leader Staff

Lemoore High School’s varsity boys’ basketball team reaffirmed sole possession of the West Yosemite League’s top spot Thursday night when it defeated visiting Hanford 66-58 to complete the league’s first round. The Tigers improved to 5-0 in the WYL, just one game ahead of Mt. Whitney, whom the Tigers defeated Tuesday 57-52. Keep reading...

Will Kloster won his weight class at the Morro Bay Wrestling Tournament. He also won the Most Valuable Upper Weight Class. He defeated the reigning Nevada state champ for the tourney title.

Tigers' Will Kloster defeats Nevada state champ at Morro Bay wrestling tournament; Wayne Joint wins weight class

Jan 20 2019 - 12:42pm By The Leader Staff

Lemoore High School’s wandering troupe of wrestling minstrels completed their most recent sojourn, its annual trek to Morro Bay's annual invitational, where the Tigers’ top wrestlers performed well, including a superb effort from 160-pound grappler Will Kloster. Keep reading...

West Hills Golden Eagles' Alondra Ponce drives past Bakersfield's Brianna Mendez in the Lady Eagles win Thursday night in the Golden Eagle Arena.

West Hills Lemoore basketball: Lady Eagles ease past Bakersfield; men routed by Fresno City College in CVC hoops action

Jan 5 2019 - 10:57am By The Leader Staff

West Hills College Lemoore’s inaugural men’s basketball team is experiencing growing pains. Thursday’s Central Valley Conference clash between the hometown Golden Eagles and Fresno City College only worsened the team's first-season pains as Fresno City crushed the Eagles 114-45 in the Golden Eagle Arena. Keep reading...

Local artist Jennifer Butts places a few finishing touches on the Lemoore Odd Fellows mural. It is located on the downtown business Ramblin' Rose.

Artist Jennifer Butts creates a new mural for the Lemoore Odd Fellows building

Jan 20 2019 - 5:28pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Lemoore has yet another mural to brighten up its downtown, and it comes courtesy of the Lemoore Odd Fellows. Fortunately, individual Odd Fellows didn’t pick up paint brushes and create the latest masterpiece in downtown Lemoore. Instead, they made a wise choice, hiring an artist with the experience and tools to bring beauty to a wall. Keep reading...