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SANGER – Sanger has the House Appropriations Committee (Committee) and Congressman Jim Costa to thank for a $850,000 grant that will fund the remodel and renovation of the city’s fire station. The grant is part of over $12 million for local projects in the Valley for fiscal year 2024.
Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) has secured $12.2 million for local projects throughout Congressional District 21.
The funding comes in the form of grants for the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
The big picture: At the top of the list is a $3 million investment in the Upper Kings Groundwater Resiliency Project, which is facilitated by the Alta, Fresno, and Consolidated Irrigation DIstricts. It will construct 3,300 acres of basins to be used for capturing surface water in wet years and pumping groundwater during dry years.
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.
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.
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.
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.