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New corral helps SPCA care for rescued horses

Eighteen neglected and malnourished horses found in December at two farms in Fresno County have a new home with the Central California SPCA. A new corral for the horses was unveiled Thursday morning. The arena, built by Royal Stall of Sanger, was made possible by a donation from the Ted Martin family through the Fresno [...]

In the News

Jan 27, 2012

Project gives young students a look at opera

If you’re at this weekend’s performances of “Carmen,” you’ll probably see a lot more young people in the audience than you’d expect. That’s because of a new project funded by the Fresno County Office of Education. The Artist in Residence program is providing “Carmen” tickets to approximately 500 students from four local middle and high [...]

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Featured Writers

Dec 07, 2011

Leave-taking

Trees are seasonal storytellers. Intriguing beginnings. Cloaked in the middle. An inevitable pile up at the end. You wonder where the time went. I conversed with my trees the other day, hauling the fractured limbs, plot lines from the recent windstorm, and engulfing myself in a dusty encyclopedia of leaves. There’s always more to do [...]

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Schools & Sports

Jan 26, 2012

Fishing report: Week of Jan. 25

Compiled by Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, a central San Joaquin Valley native and local fishing expert. BEST BETS Delta sturgeon hammering baits,[...]

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Business

Jan 27, 2012

Community Medical Centers of Fresno moves some corporate staff to Clovis

Community Medical Centers has moved about 40 of its corporate officers and support staff from office space in downtown Fresno to new digs on the[...]

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Top Stories

Jan 26, 2012

Clovis fire official quits amid embezzlement investigation

A Clovis Fire Department training officer who admitted to embezzling union funds has resigned but remains under investigation. In a search warrant filed by Clovis police, John Watson, 37, of Visalia, admitted to taking about $56,000 from the Clovis Firefighters Association over six of the 10 years he served as treasurer. Watson told investigators, according [...]

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Jan 26, 2012

Clovis police seeking WestAmerica bank robber

Police are looking for a man who robbed a Clovis bank Wednesday. The man, described as a Caucasian in his mid-50s with salt-and-pepper hair and possibly a mustache, robbed the WestAmerica Bank at Shaw and Clovis avenues, Clovis police spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee said. The man entered the bank about 3:40 p.m. and handed a teller [...]

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