The Laton Lions Club held its annual Lions Club Rodeo this past weekend – April 1 thru 3 in Laton. Its annual rodeo was held Friday through Sunday with events including barrel racing, mutton busting, and more, including Sunday’s bull riding event. Keep reading...
In an early morning phone call Thursday (Feb. 24) to Lemoore City Manager Nathan Olson, developer, and farmer, John Vidovich, who recently proposed a 12,600-animal feedlot and beef harvesting plan in the city’s “sphere of influence,” told Olson that he will not pursue the controversial feedlot. Keep reading...
City of Lemoore officials this week responded to a proposed 826-acre cattle feedlot and slaughterhouse south of Highway 198 and west of Highway 41, sending a strongly worded letter to the Kings County Community Development Agency expressing its "serious concerns" about the proposed project's potentially "very negative impact" on the livelihoods of the City's residents and the operations and investments of the City's businesses. Keep reading...
A California developer, farmer, and water buyer, John Vidovich, is seeking approval to build a beef feedlot and processing plant near Lemoore on what appears to be a 789-acre project located along Highway 41, just south of Highway 198. Keep reading...
The United States Navy held a unique airborne change of command ceremony Thursday, Dec. 16, at Naval Air Station Lemoore, celebrating the outgoing commander's departure and the new incoming commander of the Naval Air Station Lemoore Carrier Air Wing Seventeen. Keep reading...
A unique airborne change of command ceremony will mark the latest change in command involving the outgoing commander and incoming commander of the Naval Air Station Lemoore Carrier Air Wing Seventeen. Capt. Christopher Hurst will relieve Capt. Todd Cimicata, the current commander of the Air Wing, during a December 16 change of command ceremony at Lemoore Naval Air Station. Keep reading...
Families and Schools Together (FAST) Chief Executive Officer Paula Lehn almost became a nurse, but instead, while beginning her nursing studies, she was offered a job at FAST Credit Union. And she’s been there ever since. Keep reading...
One hundred years ago, President Warren G. Harding held the highest office in the land. The nation – and the world – had recently emerged from the Spanish Flu, the century’s first worldwide epidemic, a killer flu that, from some estimates, killed somewhere in the range of 20 to 50 million. Keep reading...
Approximately 1,400 persons braved uncomfortable high temperatures Saturday, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying the Kings Lions Club Annual Kings Brewfest held at the Kings Lions Complex from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Keep reading...
A pair of long-time Lemoore residents, Mike and Colleen Royer – at first glance – certainly don’t appear as if they need the services of a gym. Both are textbook examples of how one stays fit, even during a pandemic. However, it has been well established that consistent, meaningful visits to a gym and regular exercise can lead to a more productive, engaging life. Keep reading...