Springville News

Several members of the California Army National Guard attempted to pull on 60 pounds of firefighting gear Saturday morning at the armory in what the Porterville Fire Department calls the "two-minute drill."

Individual awards were as follows: Open Sight: Junior Division 1st Place Alex Avila, Prairie Center 4-H; 2nd Place Isabella Brown, Elbow Creek 4-H; 3rd Place Austin Schotanus, St. Aloysius 4-H; 4th Place Scott McCullough, Springville 4-H; 5th Place Mason Berry, Exeter 4-H.

Kaweah Delta Health Care District's Visalia helipad is now operational and ready to accept or transport patients by helicopter.

Springville artist Joy Harvey says she takes a relaxed approach to calligraphy works and paintings, despite a paper-thin margin of error for painters.

Work on Highway 190 will continue next week for the Lake Success Rehabilitation Project and will require one way traffic control along about five miles of Highway 190 east of Porterville near Springville for pavement rehabilitation.