By Tim Bragg, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jul. 4--PORTERVILLE -- Tulare County officials recorded the first two drownings of the Independence Day week with one man dying after falling off a boat on Lake Success on Saturday and another dying Tuesday afternoon in the Tule River.

By Sarah Elizabeth Villicana, The Porterville Recorder, Calif. Jun. 21--It took hours to reach the stretch of the Tule River that runs through Porterville, but by late afternoon the waters ran at full force. Beginning at 4 a.m., the U.S.

By Sarah Elizabeth Villicana, The Porterville Recorder, Calif. Jun. 16--PORTERVILLE RECORDER Porterville residents are being strongly advised to stay out of the Tule River and Porter Slough. On Wednesday from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., the U.S.

By Sarah Elizabeth Villicana, The Porterville Recorder, Calif. May 1--The City Council will likely declare a stretch of the Tule River to be "a public nuisance" at Tuesday's meeting.

By David Courtland, The Porterville Recorder, Calif. Jan. 25--The one-day total for Tuesday's drive-through freeze aid fundraiser has shot to more than $40,000 thanks to a $25,000 donation from the Tule River Indian Reservation Tribal Council.