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Three Valley colleges will rake in millions for low-income housing. The cost to build is swinging wildly.
Low-income housing projects are always the target of criticism over cost. But should a dorm cost $619,000?
July 12, 2022
Kern Co. goes on offense in fight over solar tax revenues
A tax loophole is helping massive solar farms pop up in the Central Valley without paying full property taxes. One county is fighting back.
July 11, 2022
Lines, luminaries boost opening of Fresno’s first cannabis retailers
Years of planning and work to get the green light from Fresno officials turned into a footrace between two retail weed shops to be the first to open on Monday.
July 11, 2022
Washburn Fire grows as suppression ramps up, blaze 25% contained
The blaze, ignited near the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, has threatened on of America's iconic national parks.
July 11, 2022
Facing do-or-die deadline, Fresno Co. cities OK renewal of Measure C
Social justice advocates, who pushed for a delay to 2024, were steamed by a last-minute change pitched by the City of Fresno.
July 10, 2022
Southwest adds fourth Fresno flight to Vegas
Valley travelers love them some Las Vegas. Now, Southwest Airlines is quadrupling down.
July 7, 2022
COVID costs send Valley hospital into first-ever, $11.2mil deficit
The decision to shutter elective surgeries in 2020, coupled with soaring labor costs to staff hospitals, weren't great for the bottom line.
June 30, 2022
CDC recommends Valley return to masking up. The data? Not so much.
As the CDC recommends communities to return to masking, have recently-enacted mandates even accomplished their basic goals?
June 30, 2022
Fresno lawmakers slice proposed pay raise, approve $1.9bil budget unanimously
While split over how to raise salaries, Fresno's City Council was unanimous in approving $1.9 billion in fresh spending for California's fifth-largest city.
June 30, 2022
Wonderful Co. awards dozen college scholarships to Valley natives
The farming giant, led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, continued growing its education-focused philanthropy.
June 30, 2022