Gov. appoints Burns county judge
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Robert Shane Burns, Kings County’s chief trial attorney, as a judge in Kings County Superior Court.
Comment period for Kettleman study extended to April 22
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Responding to public outcry, the California Environmental Protection Agency has extended by two weeks the public comment period on plans for the environmental exposure study in Kettleman City.
Feds discover improper storage of PCBs at Kettleman waste facility
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Federal officials cited Waste Management’s Kettleman Hills Facility on Thursday after investigation found improper disposal by the company of chemicals known to cause cancer and birth defects.
Gilmore: Mail back those census forms ASAP
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SACRAMENTO — Kings County’s local assemblyman is urging residents who have yet to mail back their U.S. Census forms to do so without delay to ensure the 30th Assembly District receives its fair share of federal funding.
Inaugural Armona community event promotes awareness
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With some six Easter egg hunts going on at once across Kings County, Armona residents could’ve easily chosen not to spend time in their own neighborhood.
A silver celebration: Crossroads Pregnancy Center to marks 25th anniversary
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In the last 25 years, Crossroads Pregnancy Center has helped more than 10,000 women decide, with free and confidential peer advice, what option is best for their situation.
County backs better care for those who care
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Several of Kings County’s in-home health care workers went home happy on Monday when the county Board of Supervisors voted to approve a new health insurance plan proposed by the California United Homecare Workers union.
Local property tax deadline looms
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HANFORD — Doil T. O’Steen, finance director for Kings County, reminds taxpayers that the second installment of real property taxes must be paid on or before April 12 to avoid the 10 percent penalty and $10 cost.
Lehn off to China later this month
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Chinese clean-energy investment interests are already trickling into Kings County’s sunshine-blessed Westside.
City ready to improve 12th Avenue
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After months of delay, the city of Hanford appears ready to move forward on the widening of 12th Avenue and connection of Greenfield Avenue with the thoroughfare.