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Plancarte begins second term

Plancarte begins second term

  • Dec 31, 2020
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District 2 County Supervisor Luis A. Plancarte was sworn in Wednesday to his second term of office during a small intimate ceremony, with his wife and children present. Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Blanca Acosta administered the oath of office and Father Mark Edney of St. Mary's Church …

Southern counties pen joint letter to Newsom

Southern counties pen joint letter to Newsom

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Dec 29, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County Supervisors last week agreed to join the 10 other counties in the Southern California region in sending a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom urging collaboration in key areas in relation to COVID-19.

Valley PR firm recognized for efforts on behalf of local business

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  • Dec 29, 2020
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EL CENTRO — A local public relations firm has been recognized for its efforts to advocate and assist Imperial Valley businesses impacted by COVID-1…

Plancarte reflects on high points of a challenging year

Plancarte reflects on high points of a challenging year

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Dec 25, 2020
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EL CENTRO — When District 2 Imperial County Supervisor Luis Plancarte became chairman of the board in January, he never imagined the challenges he …

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Tonic for the troops

Tonic for the troops

  • Updated Dec 22, 2020
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Imperial County hospitals began administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday.

County auditor-controller faces censure

County auditor-controller faces censure

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Dec 22, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a resolution to censure Imperial County Auditor-Controller, Josue Mer…

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New Calexico council members sworn in

New Calexico council members sworn in

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Dec 11, 2020
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CALEXICO — This City Council has a very different look after Thursday afternoon’s swearing in ceremony.

County offers help on delinquent power bills

County offers help on delinquent power bills

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Nov 25, 2020
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EL CENTRO — As the delinquent energy accounts for the Imperial Irrigation District reached an all-time high of $10.6 million Tuesday afternoon, Imp…

Officials deny city acted improperly regarding fees

Officials deny city acted improperly regarding fees

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Oct 27, 2020
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CALEXICO — City officials deny the Calexico Unified School District’s claim that it failed to ensure construction project applicants paid the distr…

Imperial County’s early retirement plan getting few takers so far

Imperial County’s early retirement plan getting few takers so far

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 24, 2020
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EL CENTRO — An early retirement plan being offered by the county so far isn’t getting a lot of takers.

How would Prop. 15 impact California’s housing crisis?

How would Prop. 15 impact California’s housing crisis?

  • BY MATT LEVIN, CalMatters
  • Oct 17, 2020
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When Californians approved Proposition 13 in 1978, critics of the landmark ballot measure say voters did not foresee many of the unintended consequ…

ICAPCD issues multiple violation notices over dust

ICAPCD issues multiple violation notices over dust

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Oct 14, 2020
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WESTMORLAND — The Imperial County Air Pollution Control District on Tuesday issued Notices of Violation against five federal, state and local entit…

Ballot error affects ICCD Area 4 race

Ballot error affects ICCD Area 4 race

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Oct 13, 2020
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EL CENTRO — An error in the mail-in ballots distributed in one voting precinct in Brawley will result in a do-over for some voters.

Board to consider commercial eviction moratorium

Board to consider commercial eviction moratorium

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Oct 13, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The county Board of Supervisors today is expected to consider whether to expand its moratorium on evictions to include commercial tenants.

El Toro backs off feedlot expansion

El Toro backs off feedlot expansion

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 4, 2020
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EL CENTRO — In a turn of events, El Toro Export LLC has asked the Imperial County Board of Supervisors to vacate their approval of a plan that woul…

New law gives fuel maker a leg up

New law gives fuel maker a leg up

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Sep 29, 2020
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BRAWLEY — A bill passed unanimously by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday is expected to give an alternativ…

County faces three suits over feedlot expansion

County faces three suits over feedlot expansion

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 2, 2020
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HEBER — A prominent local farmer and two other groups have sued the county after the Imperial County Board of Supervisors last month approved expan…

Supervisors condemn proposed water price hike

Supervisors condemn proposed water price hike

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 24, 2020
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CALIPATRIA — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors issued a letter to the Golden State Water Co. on Tuesday expressing its opposition to a possi…

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Local author honored by military writers group

Local author honored by military writers group

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Sep 22, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Bill Gay said he joined the Military Writers Society of America so that they would review his book. That went even better than he hoped…

County posts 26.8% unemployment in July

County posts 26.8% unemployment in July

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  • Aug 25, 2020
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EL CENTRO — A smaller labor force and a small uptick in demand for farm labor helped offset the loss of about 1,900 non-farm jobs to help improve t…

Local businesses come through for county in a pinch

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  • Aug 18, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Local businesses have been key to the county government’s ability to respond effectively to crises presented by the COVID-19 pandemic a…

El Centro council OKs cannabis permit fees

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Aug 11, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Following a public hearing where only one member of the community spoke, the City Council here approved new fees for commercial cannabi…

Imperial County expands payroll loan offerings

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Aug 4, 2020
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EL CENTRO — County employees now have new, lower-interest options for payroll loans.

After more coronavirus closures, how deep will California’s recession go?

After more coronavirus closures, how deep will California’s recession go?

  • By LAUREN HEPLER, CalMatters
  • Jul 20, 2020
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In late June, it looked like California might be turning a corner in the coronavirus recession. Unemployment had leveled off at a jarring 16.3 perc…

Approved budget to fund parks initiative

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Jul 14, 2020
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IMPERIAL — The Imperial City Council recently approved its fiscal year 2020-21 general fund budget, which projects revenues of about $10,149,000 mi…

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Newsom closes indoor businesses statewide; clamps down further on 31 counties

Newsom closes indoor businesses statewide; clamps down further on 31 counties

  • By ANA B. IBARRA, CalMatters
  • Jul 14, 2020
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SACRAMENTO — California must once again close indoor operations of various business sectors as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to s…

Calexico council approves balanced budget

Calexico council approves balanced budget

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Jun 16, 2020
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CALEXICO — The City Council recently approved a balanced general fund budget for fiscal year 2020-21, marking the first time in about five years th…

County looks to update its pitch to Sacramento

County looks to update its pitch to Sacramento

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Jun 16, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County officials are planning to renew and update their pitch to the Governor’s Office later this week for being granted local…

Some fares riskier than others, Lyft driver learns

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Mar 26, 2020
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  EL CENTRO — Lyft driver Oscar Galindo never thought he was doing anything wrong when he picked up a fare the night of March 18 in Brawley, but hi…

Valley Briefs: EL CENTRO: Stored advised of price gouging

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer and TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Apr 9, 2020
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An El Centro police officer on Tuesday admonished a store manager at Cardenas on North Imperial Avenue after a customer reported price gouging was …

Valley Briefs: HOLTVILLE: Farm worker dies in tractor accident

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Mar 22, 2020
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A farm worker died after being involved in a tractor accident Friday afternoon in a field on McCabe Road, half a mile east of State Route 7, county…

County working out how to operate under the new normal

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Mar 21, 2020
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EL CENTRO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home-order for the entire state presents major challenges to the county in doing its job.

County announces new meeting protocol

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Mar 21, 2020
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Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent directives governing public meetings, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors announced new meeting protocols.

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Valley Briefs: OCOTILLO: Semi driver airlifted after vehicle rollover

Valley Briefs: OCOTILLO: Semi driver airlifted after vehicle rollover

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer and TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Apr 9, 2020
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A driver was airlifted for treatment after the tanker he was driving overturned and landed on its roof Thursday afternoon on North Imperial Highway…

Wyles named new El Centro city clerk

Wyles named new El Centro city clerk

  • STAFF REPORT
  • Updated Mar 19, 2020
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EL CENTRO — The City Council on Tuesday approved Norma Wyles to take over as new city clerk.

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