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As part of the mass vaccination event that begins on Sunday at the Porterville Fairgrounds, a health and resource fair will be held on Sunday at the fairgrounds as well.

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President Biden signed into law $350 billion in state and local government COVID-19 funding relief as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. The problem is little — if any — of it is directed to the water districts, sanitation districts, fire protection districts, recreation and park districts, and other special districts that keep our rural communities running here in the San Joaquin Valley and throughout the state.

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The answer to housing some of Visalia’s least stationary residents may be to provide them with their own mobile home. Homeless advocacy organization Salt+Light unveiled the latest version of its homeless village at the March 15 Visalia City Council meeting.

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The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 this week on a conditional use permit and affordable housing regulatory agreement that will bring 52 modular homes to Goshen for affordable permanent housing.

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Hundreds of cars lined up on a rough road next to Planada’s Bear Creek Apartments Thursday afternoon, the site of the first mobile COVID vaccination clinic for Merced County ag and farm
workers.

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Many people dream of having a home. A place to call their own and a space to create memories that will last a lifetime. For Nataly Herrera and her family, that dream will soon become reality.

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City councils around the county reorganize to elect new mayors in light of newly seated council members being sworn into office.

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The housing complex, still under construction in Porterville, California, will be called Nupchi Xo’ Oy. The name pays tribute to Joseph Darrel Vera, who worked to bring affordable housing to members of the Tule River Tribe.

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Residents of Fairmead, California worry they are on the brink of losing water service, as the town’s only community well shows signs it may fail before a new one can be built.

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After more than a decade of East Orosi residents struggling without clean drinking water, the State Water Board on Tuesday took a huge and critically necessary step by issuing a mandatory consolidation order for a neighboring district to connect East Orosi to safe water, ushering in the long-overdue promise of safe drinking water for the marginalized Tulare County community.

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