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Porterville Irrigation District Kills Partnership Amid Accusations of Power Mongering

Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the city of Porterville to manage area groundwater, the Porterville Irrigation Distr...

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Hurtado’s Bill Seeks More Funds to Protect South Valley From Floods

Legislation that aims to reduce downstream disasters by funding floodplain restoration projects in Kern, Tulare and Kings counties was intro...

/ 2 weeks ago

Order That Kept Water in the Kern River Reversed by 5th District Court of Appeal

In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California, the 5th District Court of A...

/ 3 weeks ago

Progress Picks Up on Well Registration Efforts Among Kings County Landowners

Lemoore area growers and landowners weren’t happy about giving out their well locations and pumping data but said, if they had to, they’d ra...

/ 3 weeks ago

Tulare County's Herbert Preserve

Tulare County Wetlands Preserve Is Open to Public on Saturday

The largest remaining wetland prairie in the San Joaquin Valley will open to the public on Saturday, an event that only comes around once or...

/ 3 weeks ago

Bank Seeks $105 Million, Foreclosure on Some of John Vidovich’s Ag Properties

A bank is suing large San Joaquin Valley grower John Vidovich for more than $105 million in allegedly defaulted loans and is demanding the f...

/ 1 month ago

Tea Pot Dome Agrees to Pay $1.4M for Canal Fix, Share Pumping Data With Friant

Tea Pot Dome Water District has agreed to pay Friant Water Authority $1.4 million in exchange for relief from its role in a contract designe...

/ 2 months ago

New Bill Could Reshape Tulare County Groundwater Agency’s Boundaries and Governance

Farmers in the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency may have the glimmer of a path forward thanks to a bill that would a...

/ 2 months ago

Madera County Farmers Protest

Madera Groundwater Agency Can Collect Fees From Farmers Amid Legal Fight

A lawsuit over whether the Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) improperly conducted an election to assess fees on more tha...

/ 2 months ago

Army Corps General Grilled About Trump’s Tulare County Water Dump

Even as Kaweah and Success lakes returned to normal operations, with some releases sent into local rivers last week after recent storms, the...

/ 2 months ago

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