The old Fresh & Easy Market, located at on Cinnamon Ave., just off Lemoore Avenue, didn’t stay empty for very long. A small chain that operates 14 small grocery stores, most of them in the Valley, and at least one in Ventura, opened for business on Dec. 1 in the former popular market. Keep reading...
A whole bunch of people in Avenal got eye exams on Tuesday (Dec. 6), thanks to the efforts of Lemoore Optometrist Dr. Jeff Garcia, Senator Andy Vidak, the Kings Community Action Organization, and Adventist Health. Keep reading...
One of the founders of Reestablishing Stratford, and the Library for London founder, Rob Isquierdo, a teacher at Sierra Pacific High School on Thursday, Nov. 11, was awarded the Ethnic Minority Leadership Award at the California Teachers Association Human Rights Awards ceremony organized by the Tulare-Kings Service Center Council. Keep reading...
A bi-partisan organization entitled No Labels this week awarded its “Problem Solver Seal of Approval” to Congressman David G. Valadao, who represents a large chunk of the San Joaquin Valley, including Kings County, and who is also running for re-election in California’s 21st Congressional District. Keep reading...
On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, the Thursday Night Market Place in Downtown Hanford will be decorated in pink to help raise breast cancer awareness. Keep reading...
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The Kings County Sheriff’s Department announced this morning (Aug. 23) that Sierra Pacific High School Principal Gregory Henry, who had been reported missing, was found deceased, the suspected victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Keep reading...
While he’s got a long way to go before competing with business heavyweights like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates (Microsoft) or Elon Musk (Tesla), 21-year-old Angel Robles seems to be making all the right decisions as he enters the business world – in a small but satisfying way. Keep reading...
A new sweet-smelling businesses opened up shop recently in Lemoore. On Friday, at the Lemoore Rockin’ the Arbor, local entrepreneur Stephanie Walters, showed off her new business – Witchy Woman Soap – with an official ribbon cutting ceremony. Keep reading...
A capacity crowd cheered a large contingent of Lemoore High School grads Thursday night in Tiger Stadium in the annual rite of passage known as commencement. It was a standing room only crowd that witnessed an impressive display of pageantry, that began with a United States Navy fly over featuring a pair of FA-18 Hornets and then culminating with a fireworks display. In between, several hundred LHS students earned their diplomas, handed out by the school’s board members. Keep reading...
On the heels of an April decision by the Kingsburg School District to allow a limited number of guns on its district campus, the Lemoore High School District is studying the Kingsburg District’s decision and has decided to seek additional information from its Valley neighbor as to the reasons school officials there approved the controversial measure. Keep reading...