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Suicide Prevention Task Force

2016 Articles, Mental Health

by Noah Whitaker

National Suicide Prevention Week is September 5-11, 2016. This is a time set aside to raise awareness of an issue that impacts the lives of far too many people. It is a time to increase awareness, education, and activities relating to suicide prevention. It is an opportunity for an article such as this.

The History of Beekeeping Along the Kings River

2010 Articles, Community, Hometown History, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

It’s not something you’re likely to overhear at your local coffee shop but beekeeping has been part of the area around the Kings River for some time, as bees are very important to the local agriculture. The first bees were brought to the Kings River in 1856 from San Jose by the Wrights to their ranch near Laton.