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Valley Children’s Again Ranks Among the Nation’s Best

Valley Children's Hospital received its most impressive scorecard ever in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospital list released Tuesday. The hospital is nationally ranked for 2019-20 in five pediatric specialties: diabetes and endocrinol...
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Whose Legendary Voice Backs the Hospital Bond?

It may be one of the greatest chasms, dividing California if not the nation. The bitter dispute has each side clinging to its values, its beliefs, its colors. There is no room for compromise. And, there i...

Carr for Kids: Superstar QB Helps Open Clovis Clinic

Derek Carr paid another visit to a place of great importance in his life — Valley Children’s Hospital. After lifting the spirits of children at the Madera County facility, he helped with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new pediatric clinic in Clovis on Friday....
Diana Dooley

Valley Native Is Gov. Brown’s New Chief of Staff

Gov. Jerry Brown has picked a longtime loyalist as his chief of staff for the final months of his fourth term. Diana Dooley, a Hanford native and Fresno State graduate, was named to the position Thursday by ...

How Clovis Thinks Big Without Creating Big Problems

Residential growth doesn't pay for itself, we are told time and again. Especially in California, the experts say, pointing to a state tax system that limits property taxes courtesy of Proposition 13 and has failed to acknowledge the economy's shift from ret...