Long lines were reported in the early evening at Lemoore’s only walk-in polling location Tuesday night as local voters came out in force to vote for national, state, and local elections. The polling location – the Lemoore Masonic Temple on Bush Street and Vine – has been open for residents to vote since Saturday. Keep reading...
The Kings County Elections Department is already counting votes in the 2020 election, and as of October 19, Kings County voters have mailed or dropped into eight official drop boxes 12,226 ballots. Keep reading...
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Tracking your vote-by-mail ballot – when it is mailed, received, and counted – has never been easier. The California Secretary of State is now offering Where’s My Ballot? – a new way for voters to track and receive notifications on the status of their vote-by-mail ballot. Keep reading...
Kings County and Lemoore are shutting down indoor gatherings and businesses again. Governor Gavin Newsom, reacting to the spreading coronavirus on July 1, shut down at least 19 California counties on the County Monitoring List, a lineup that included Kings County. Keep reading...
The Coronavirus Pandemic is hitting many of California’s nearly 500 cities hard. Lemoore’s council members experienced some of that pain Wednesday afternoon at a special council meeting and reluctantly approved a 2020-21 spending plan that cuts operating budgets, reduces salaries and benefits, and capital project expenditures. Keep reading...
Just two weeks after initially approving a huge tract of homes near West Hills Community College, the Lemoore City Council Tuesday night delivered a surprising death blow to the 362-home Lennar Homes project, failing to provide even a motion to approve the second reading of critical ordinances needed to get the project rolling. Keep reading...
Despite opposition, the Lemoore City Council, at its Tuesday night regular meeting, directed Lemoore’s city attorney to draft a resolution placing a “specific” one percent sales tax measure on the November California General Election ballot. Keep reading...
Lemoore’s council members, at their June 2 meeting, approved a series of actions paving the way for a significant new subdivision in Lemoore. Council members could finalize the development Tuesday night, passing the second reading of a pair of ordinances linked to the project. Keep reading...
Lemoore’s city council members, most likely at their next meeting scheduled for June 16, could give the go-ahead for a one-cent sales tax measure on the November general election ballot. Keep reading...
Despite strong words from Lemoore Naval Air Station’s base commander – that a vote to approve a 362-home subdivision, adjacent to West Hills Community College, could lead to encroachment and subject residents to higher aircraft noise – Lemoore’s four council members rejected those pleas. They voted to proceed with plans to build homes near West Hills College. Keep reading...
