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KVPR reporter Rachel Livinal shares what inspired her to follow Merced high school students as they pursue careers in the arts – and the teacher who’s encouraging them.

State Water Resources Control Board Chair Joaquin Esquivel sat down with KVPR’s Elizabeth Arakelian to discuss groundwater resources, and why his agency may be placing a region of Kern County under probation.

Rios aims to publish a poetry anthology with the help of funding from the Academy of American Poets.

Most voters in the Central Valley have little confidence in elected officials. A new survey finds the San Joaquin Valley is high among dissatisfaction in the state.

Madera County residents have now gone 18 months without a hospital. In that time, the consequences on public health haven’t been so clear. We investigate just how much health outcomes have changed.

Fresno State calls itself the Valley’s university, but it’s campus is deteriorating. And twice now, Fresno County residents voted down a ballot measure that would have infused the university with more than a billion dollars for repairs. So, why do voters not trust the measure, and what’s next for the university?

The third and final day of the University of California Board of Regents meeting at UC Merced was highlighted by a sit-down between several trustees and pro-Palestinian protesters.

Despite soaring profits and high executive compensation, Valley Children’s financial investment back into its community has been stagnant for the last decade.

On Monday, the state approved a $57 million, interest-free Distressed Hospital Loan for the company planning to reopen the hospital.

Two objections filed in federal bankruptcy court raise questions about the ability of Madera Community Hospital’s owner-to-be to operate the facility as a true safety net hospital. A judge will likely discuss the arguments in a hearing later this month.