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A Tulare County property owner is in shock after he discovered a large marijuana garden growing on his land.

Edwardo Maduena, 19, of Earlimart and Ruben Molina, 22, of Earlimart were shot and killed by police officers after a high-speed chase.

Residents of four rural Tulare County communities were facing long drives to get rid of their trash because the county planned to close their local transfer stations.

A $5.1 million shortfall in the county's Solid Waste division's operating budget, discovered earlier this year, threatened to make it harder for these residents to dump their trash.

As expected, the Tulare County Supervisors today rescinded their August orders to close the waste transfer stations at Balance Rock and Badger.

Tulare County sheriffs deputies Tasered a man while arresting him on suspicion of attempting to kidnap a woman in Earlimart on Tuesday.

Tulare County Sheriff's deputies were called to the area Elm and Armstrong in Earlimart around 7 p.m. When they arrived a woman told police that her boyfriend had hit her and put her child harms way.

A 22-year-old Earlimart man was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after a collision Sunday afternoon north of Earlimart, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Residents and businesses in unincorporated Tulare County could end up paying more for their trash services in 2013.

More than 200,000 marijuana plants were confiscated and destroyed by local law enforcement this year in Tulare County, an astounding figure, but one that shows the effort to eradicate the illicit growing of the popular weed will not end soon.

Jesus Gamboa, 18, of Earlimart, is being held by the Tulare County Sheriff's Department in connection with the holdup of a taxi driver.

Three pieces of urban art, inspired by the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Sequoias, will be displayed in eight Tulare County buildings through March 29.

It was a packed boardroom as Supervisor Pete Vander Poel delivered his first State of the County address.

The Tulare Local Healthcare District Board approved a bid for the new Tulare Westside Clinic and the purchase of two modular buildings for clinics during Tuesday night's special meeting.

A family was held at gunpoint in their home Friday morning in Earlimart in Tulare County, the Sheriff's Office said.

A collision between a car and a train Monday morning in the South Valley was reported by the California Highway Patrol.

A Tulare County man who died after being hit by a train has been identified as Antonio Carbajal, 60, of Teviston.

Information below is provided to The Recorder by the Porterville Police Department.

On Friday, Visalia police detectives and Tulare County Sheriff's deputies served search warrants as at a home in Earlimart where all three suspects live.

Tulare County property owner shocked after pot bust

Officials ID suspects in shootout with Visalia Police Department

Deal sought for rural Tulare County waste transfer sites

Our Thumbs: Rural residents, county work on waste

Supervise cancel closure of Balance Rock and Badger waste transfer stations.

Updates: Tulare County sheriff: Would-be kidnapper Tasered by deputies

Officers injured in altercation with Earlimart man

Updates: Earlimart man arrested on DUI charge after country road crash

Trash fees could rise in Tulare County

Authorities will need to stay on pot growers

Man held in Earlimart taxi driver holdup

Urban art to be displayed at county facilities

Urban art to be displayed at county facilities

Vander Poel: County faces challenges

Tulare Local Healthcare District Board OKs bid for new clinic

Updates: Earlimart family held at gunpoint

Updates: Collision between train, car in South Valley

Updates: Name of man released in fatal Tulare County car vs. train wreck

Crime blotter 2/7/13

Teens and Earlimart man suspects in Visalia burglaries