It’s official. The Lemoore City Council voted Tuesday night to take a look at raising the city’s water rates to cope with the ongoing California drought. Members voted 5-0 to fund a study by its engineering firm, Quad Knopf, to determine whether a hike will be needed and what future water-related projects may be considered. Keep reading...
The ongoing drought may end up drying up much more than Lemoore residents’ lawns. It could put a dent in the city’s water fund. The Lemoore City Council will consider a proposal Tuesday night, at his regular Tuesday meeting, to undertake a water rate study designed to raise the city’s water rates. Keep reading...
The Fourth of July is coming to an end – at least as far as the City of Lemoore’s annual participation in the Lemoore/Navy July 4th Celebration held each year in the Lemoore City Park is concerned. Keep reading...
Code enforcement in the City of Lemoore is likely to remain the same after councilmembers, staff and planning commissioners haggled for nearly an hour over who said what and did what in regards to business district code enforcement. Keep reading...
The Lemoore City Council, at its Tuesday meeting, will discuss a letter written by Planning Commission Chairman Jeff Garcia, and approved by all but one of the commissioners that councilmembers take a second look at their “business-friendly” policy that commissioners say is creating confusion and blighted conditions within the city. Keep reading...
West Hills College is $2.5 million ahead thanks to an innovative program it launched a year ago that allows students to register for classes for a full year, all at once. West Hills has been named as a winner of the California Innovation Awards for Higher Education. Keep reading...
As our society faces technological, educational and agricultural challenges in the 21s Century, the educational community generally agrees that its schools need to do a better job of preparing kids to meet those challenges. Keep reading...
Don Warkentin has announced he will retire from West Hills College Lemoore where he has served as president since 2004. Warkentin went to work at the college in 1986 after 13 years as a teacher, coach, athletic director and administrator at Lemoore High School. Keep reading...
The Kings Lions Club had its second annual Charter Night at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino Thursday night, Oct. 15. The Kings Lions became organized just a year ago. On Wednesday, the Lions added to the celebration by inducting three new members into the organization: Annie Maldonado-Escalera, Divine Agellon, and Margarita Ochoa. Keep reading...