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February 18, 2026

GV Wire

The city of Fresno and the San Joaquin River Conservancy have secured $2 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Economic Development Initiative.

February 17, 2026

Fresno Bee

Construction on a long-stalled, $13 million project that would make recreation along the San Joaquin River more accessible to cars and foot traffic is scheduled to begin later this year, Fresno officials said Tuesday. 

February 12, 2026

KSEE24/CBS47 

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Vice President JD Vance became the first sitting American Vice President to visit Armenia, but the trip is being remembered for a social media mishap. 

February 10, 2026

Mid Valley Times 

FRESNO/TULARE COUNTY – Congressman Jim Costa’s office has announced the securing of millions in federal funding that will go on to support various communities, projects and organizations in the Central Valley through Community Project Funding Awards.

February 4, 2026

Fresno Bee

There wasn’t much shock among Fresno County officials after learning that the FBI found an unlicensed biological lab operating in a home in a Las Vegas neighborhood. Or, that a day later on Sunday, the investigation led back to a similar lab that had been operating in a Reedley cold-storage warehouse in 2022.

January 29, 2026

Mid Valley Times 

FRESNO – With the open enrollment period coming to a close, local leaders and health advocates joined representatives from Covered California to emphasize the importance of health care coverage. 

Issues:Healthcare
January 29, 2026

ABC30 Action News

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- The COVID pandemic was challenging for many people.

That includes adolescents like Natalie Bonilla, who was in middle school at the time.

Issues:Education
January 27, 2026
 
FRESNO, Calif, (KFSN) -- Amid fallout over the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota last weekend, Valley lawmakers are pressing for answers.
 
"I think this gives an opportunity for serious and sweeping reforms within (the) Department of Homeland Security," Fresno Democratic Congressman Jim Costa told Ac
January 22, 2026

GV Wire 

The House of Representatives is reviewing a new bill that would bring millions in funding to Fresno State University and drive economic growth in the Central Valley.
 

The BUILD Act would authorize up to $1.7 billion per year for five years and support 174 universities across the nation, including Fresno State.

October 9, 2026

ABC30 Action News

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Concerns over immigration enforcement are growing across the Central Valley as reports of ICE activity increase and federal authorities reportedly push for significantly more arrests nationwide.

Issues: Immigration
October 3, 2026

ABC30 Action News 

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- County, state and federal leaders gathered Friday at the Visalia Convention Center to highlight efforts to expand high-speed internet access across five Central Valley counties, addressing longstanding connectivity challenges in rural communities.

October 2, 2026

YourCentralValley.com 

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Elected officials gathered Friday to announce that millions of dollars in funding will expand broadband internet access across rural communities in the Central Valley.

According to Fresno County officials, the California Public Utilities Commission ratified the state’s final Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) proposal on Sept. 17. 

October 1, 2026

POLITICO PRO

A group of House Democrats is calling on the Agriculture Department to use “every available lawful authority” to preserve hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for rural housing that was set to expire with the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.