The prospect that Lemoore may be home to the First Annual Central California Hallo-Weed Medical Cannabis Cup appears to have ended this past week as city officials denied the event’s organizers a permit based on the inability to meet the city’s requirements. Keep reading...
Lemoore, a community of roughly 25,000 persons, is home to the United States Navy, much of the San Joaquin’s most prime agricultural farm land, a full-fledged community college, and of course the world’s largest mozzarella cheese producer. Come October, Lemoore may be known for something completely foreign to its small-town culture. The city just may end up hosting the First Annual Central California Hallo-Weed Medical Cannabis Cup. Keep reading...
Sep 14 2015 - 2:21pm
Lemoore's Otis Tolbert, a 1980 graduate of Lemoore High School and an officer in the United States Navy was killed on September 11, 2001 when terrorists flew a jetliner into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Keep reading...
The future of the West Hills Community College District is bright, so says a 2016-20 Strategic Plan WHCCD Chancellor Frank Gornick will highlight at Tuesday’s Lemoore City Council Meeting. Keep reading...
So far Lemoore councilmembers seem to be please with their selection of CrisCom Company to handle the city’s efforts to promote the city and attract retail development. While there hasn’t been much progress on retail development, the Chatsworth-based firm has made huge inroads in its governmental lobbying services. Keep reading...
Lemoore Councilmembers, at their Tuesday meeting, will consider a staff proposal to continue services with CrisCom, an economic development and consulting firm. City officials are considering a $60,000 agreement with the firm, which has already been working with the year for over a year. Keep reading...
Lemoore City Council members will get an update on the status of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) of $1,419,391 it received recently for public facility improvements for the Lemoore Senior Center. Keep reading...
What to do about development on the West Side of Lemoore? The existing overpass at Highway 41 and Bush St. has been a detriment to development ever since it was built. It’s simply not big enough and wide enough to accommodate the number of lanes needed to spur development from the east to the west. Keep reading...
The City of Lemoore’s newest employee, Andi Welsh, will have her hands full on Tuesday night as she and the five councilmembers tackle an ambitious agenda, which includes her coming out party as well as a possible rejection of an expensive water line for a proposed BMX track and a look at a draft proposal to reconfigure the Highway 41 and Bush Street interchange. Keep reading...
Lemoore has a new city manager on board. Councilmembers voted 5-0 during Tuesday’s council meeting to hire Andi Welsh, currently an assistant to the town manager in Gilbert, Arizona. Welsh will be the city’s first-ever female city manager and this will be her first job heading up a city. Keep reading...
