The Clovis City Council approved stricter rules Monday night for its 6-year-old medical marijuana ordinance, but rejected an outright ban on pot grows. Mayor Jose Flores pushed for the ban — even for medical purposes — but the council majority backed off after City Attorney David Wolfe said it would be expensive to defend in [...]

The Valley’s summertime air is dangerous at times — 91 ozone violations and counting this year. And you’re paying a $29 million annual fine for failing to clean it up faster. So are you any better off now than you were 10 years ago? Yes, say government watchdog agencies. Not really, say environmentalists, health advocates [...]

The Better Business Bureau’s Mediation Services will offer a four-day mediation training session in November to help people communicate and resolve conflict in a professional and personal environment. The sessions will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 9, 10, 16 and 17 at the San Joaquin College of Law, 901 Fifth St., [...]

A second vote to update Clovis’ medical marijuana ordinance has been delayed to next month to give the city attorney more time to determine whether the city can ban the outright growing of the crop. The city already bans outdoor marijuana gardens, dispensaries and patient-to-patient sales. On Sept. 10, the Clovis City Council introduced new [...]

Bouncing higher and higher on a trampoline, Breanna Bond reached out, touched her toes and flashed her mother a grin almost as wide as her outstretched arms. The midair move marked another fitness milestone for the 10-year-old Clovis, Calif. girl, who seven months ago weighed 186 pounds and was so out of shape she struggled [...]

The Clovis City Council introduced new rules Monday for its 6-year-old medical marijuana ordinance that would make it more difficult to grow the crop indoors. The city already bans outdoor marijuana gardens, dispensaries and patient-to-patient sales. And if it could, Clovis would be the first city in California to have an outright ban on the [...]