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Areas of Kings County to close for high-speed rail project
KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Some areas in Kings County will be closed due to work being done for the California High-Speed Rail project, officials announced. Officials with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, along with the Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture, announced the intermittent lane closures along Highway 198 between Sixth Avenue and Highway 43 in Kings […]
3 displaced after fire destroys Kings County home
Three people are without a home after it was destroyed by fire in Kings County.The blaze broke out at about 11 p.m. Wednesday on 19th and Lansing avenues, just east of the town of Stratford.Crews arrived to find the home engulfed in flames.All three residents were able to get out safely.Due to the intensity of the flames, firefighters could not go in the home and were forced to take on the fire from outside.The flames also spread to a neighboring field, but crews were able to keep the fire from reaching other homes.Crews from Fresno County and Lemoore Fire were on hand to assist Kings County Fire.The cause of the fire is under investigation.Officials say the road along 19th will be blocked off for several more hours while crews mop up the scene.
Anyone under 18 can swim for free at this Hanford pool
HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Anyone under 18 can swim for free at a pool in Hanford on Saturday, the Kings County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office says in order to provide a safe experience and location to beat the heat for the youth of Kings County, the deputy sheriff’s association will be offering a […]
System error leads to double debits for EECU customers
A system used by Fresno-based Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) to negotiate checks malfunctioned overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, July 16-17, causing multiple instances of checks being debited twice against customers’ accounts. Employees Alerted to Possibility of Errors. The small banking institution – which operates branches in Tulare, Kings and...
Judge temporarily halts state plan to monitor groundwater use in crop-rich California region
A judge has temporarily blocked a plan by a California state water board to take over monitoring groundwater use in a portion of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley, according to a copy of the decision obtained Tuesday.Kings County Superior Court Judge Kathy Ciuffini issued a temporary restraining order halting the State Water Resources Control Board's plan for the Tulare Lake Subbasin until an Aug. 20 hearing. The ruling came after the farm bureau in the largely agricultural county of about 150,000 people filed a lawsuit saying the plan exceeded the board's authority."This is a huge first step," said Dusty Ference,...
Judge pauses state fees in Kings County water war
Kings County Superior Court Judge Kathy Ciuffini issued a restraining order to temporarily halt state-mandated probationary groundwater monitoring and reporting requirements for all water users in the Tulare Lake Groundwater Subbasin. The order was issued Monday, July 15. Lawsuit Seeks Stop to State Intervention The order is the first handed down in a lawsuit […] The post Judge pauses state fees in Kings County water war appeared first on Valley Voice.
Kings County judge rules state overstepped by requiring farmers to meter, report groundwater extractions
The first steps toward possible state control of groundwater pumping in Kings County were derailed under a ruling issued July 15 that said the Water Resources Control Board had overstepped its bounds by requiring meters on wells. The temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction were issued by Kings County Superior...
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