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Established in 1979, this local newspaper aims to provide news and information for the residents of Tulare and Kings Counties.

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California dairies make progress in cutting emissions

1 week ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Ching Lee

At their current pace, California dairy farmers are expected to meet the state’s goal for reducing methane emissions from their farms ahead of schedule. Though methane digesters are often credited for doing most of the heavy lifting, California dairy farmers have been implementing other technologies and conservation practices that help them move the needle toward sustainability.
Kaweah Health settles class action suit by employees

1 week ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

The Kaweah Delta Health Care District has agreed to settle a class action suit brought on behalf of more than 6,000 current and former employees who claim the district underpaid them for years. The settlement will cost the district more than $500,000. Employees from 2019 to 2024 in PayoutIncluded in the class are all of the district’s employees who worked from October 19, 2019 to June 27, 2021, and any employee who was on-call from October 19, 2019 to November 19, 2024.
Family of man who died untreated in ER sues Kaweah Health

3 weeks ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

After a finding by state authorities that a series of failures and neglect led to the untimely death of a patient in the Kaweah Health Medical Center emergency department, the family of the dead man is seeking damages from the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Tulare County Superior Court. In legal filings, the district has denied the families’ claims. A jury trial in the matter is set for 8:30 a.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026. Ten days have been set aside for the trial before Judge David C.
Tulare Local Health Care District settles final lawsuit from mismanagement era

3 weeks ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

The Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) has settled its lawsuit against a former member of its board of directors, Dr. Parmod Kumar. Kumar, who was removed from office in a 2017 recall election, was alleged to have encouraged the use of district funds to pay for a private lawsuit against another physician. Kumar has agreed to pay the TLHCD $500,000 over the next four years.
Radio silence: Visalia Police fully encrypt radio channels

3 weeks ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Catherine Doe

The Visalia Police Department has encrypted its transmissions as of March 20 – marking the end of real-time reporting for media outlets focusing on Visalia, including the city’s popular online outlets like Visalia Stringer and Visalia Watchdog. The encryption conversion also means that regular citizens with radio scanners or listening through online platforms like Broadcastify will hear nothing – or garbled noise.
Kaweah Health whistleblower says he was fired for revealing details of patient’s death to surviving family

1 month ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

A former unit secretary at the Kaweah Health Medical Center emergency department (ED) said he was fired from his job after revealing to surviving family members how a 60-year-old patient died as result of willful inaction by the medical staff. A state investigation of the fatal October 2023 incident found multiple violations by Kaweah Health. And the resulting report – presented here in its entirety – confirms the former employee’s version of the tragic events.
Social media fight focuses residents on the future of Three Rivers

1 month ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

Will Three Rivers remain a small, tightly knit and somewhat isolated foothills community, or is its destiny to become a crowded, rambunctious tourist destination? The passionate and sometimes unpleasant debate over the future of Three Rivers turned uglier than usual last week, when a frustrated would-be restaurateur blasted his neighbors on social media. And the commenters seemed eager for the fight.
Porterville Mayor proposes "Protect Women's Safe Spaces" ordinance

2 months ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Catherine Doe

The Porterville City Council could soon consider a “Protect Women’s Safe Spaces” ordinance proposed by Porterville Mayor Greg Meister. The proposal has drawn the attention of LGBT advocates in Porterville and Tulare County who say that it’s discriminatory.
City quietly constructing Visalia’s largest park

2 months ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Dave Adalian

With almost no fanfare, crews have been stealthily at work, building what will eventually be Visalia’s largest public recreation area. If you haven’t heard of the East Side Regional Park before, there’s a good reason. It doesn’t officially exist yet. Sort of. A Park Bigger than Mooney GroveCurrently, the biggest park in Visalia isn’t a city park. Largest at present is Mooney Grove Park on the far south end of town.
State to revisit ban on driverless tractors

2 months ago | ourvalleyvoice.com | Caleb Hampton

New technologies have transformed the world during the past half-century. Agriculture has been no exception, with the emergence of aerial drones, autonomous tractors and other equipment changing the way crops are planted, cared for and harvested. One thing that hasn’t changed since 1977, however, is a regulation from California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, that prohibits the use of autonomous agricultural equipment without a driver at the helm.