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CALEXICO — A deeply divided Calexico City Council, where recent meetings have devolved to public bickering and diverging agendas, appears to be causing growing discontent among some city staff. During the council meeting of Feb. 17, coming before an agenda of big decisions and big discussions, one of the... Read More
CALEXICO — The recent efforts of two local healthcare providers temporarily turned Calexico into a COVID-19 vaccination destination, with some 1,300 vaccines administered to seniors over the course of four days. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Calexico Wellness Center was scheduled to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 100 seniors who had preregistered in advance for the clinic. A very grateful Virginia Castañeda was among the first to be vaccinated. The 71-year-old Mexicali resident said she had previously attempted to register […]... Read More
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HOLTVILLE — Temporary street closures could become a common sight in front of the Pine Avenue offices of Dr. Vincent Soun now that he and his staff are leading efforts to vaccinate Holtville residents against COVID-19. Soun’s drive-through clinic on Thursday, Feb. 25, was a first for the city... Read More
HOLTVILLE — The Holtville City Council unanimously approved a $3.3 million construction contract to bring its water treatment plant into compliance with state water-quality standards during its meeting Monday, Feb. 22. In doing so, the city left open the possibility that it may incur a cost of about $286,000 that remains to be funded by the California Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which has approved a $4.4 million grant for the overall improvement project. Of that total grant award, the […]... Read More
Imperial County will look to its neighbor to the north for a joint resolution to attempt to join a conversation about the Salton Sea. At... Read More
HOLTVILLE — The annual Holtville Carrot Festival celebration was very nearly canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but when the governor’s stay-at-home order... Read More
The #MeToo movement hit home this week when a confrontation between a locally grown Instagram influencer and a patron of a well-known watering hole and... Read More
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IMPERIAL — Imperial Valley College President and Superintendent Martha Garcia said she has no intention of resigning despite recently being urged to do so by Imperial Community College District board Trustee Annette Gonzalez-Buttner. Gonzalez-Buttner had demanded Garcia’s immediate resignation during the Feb. 17, district board meeting, where the former accused... Read More
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