Body Found May Be Missing 18-Year Old Hiker

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Sheriff’s Office says their SAR Search and Rescue Team has recovered the body of a man from the San Joaquin River. They believe he’s the missing 18-year-old hiker, Jared Gardner, who was swept away last Saturday when hiking with friends near Auberry. Since then, Lt. Kathy Curtice says the Fresno County…MORE

NAFTA Likely Not Done This Year

  At the Thursday, May 17 deadline for the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, there isn’t an agreement in place and no end in sight to negotiations. Politico says divisions among negotiators from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada on difficult issues are driving a stake through the heart of President Donald Trump’s goal of…MORE

Nationwide Reveals Most Common Agribusiness Insurance Claims

Motor vehicle accidents top the list of insurance claims in farming in agribusiness. A statement from Nationwide Insurance says that accidents, workers compensation and misapplication of chemicals or drift issues, have accounted for more than 50,000 claims over the last three years. However, over the past three years, motor vehicles accidents have accounted for more…MORE

Fresno County’s Sheriff Meets Trump, Discusses California’s Immigration Policy

[Photo: Sheriff Margaret Mims] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Sheriff Margaret Mims and other California law enforcement and public officials met with President Trump on Thursday in the Nation’s capital. “The President wanted to hear from all of us individually about the impacts of the Sanctuary State Law, and so that’s what we told him, said…MORE

Farmers Union Urges USDA to Address Farm Suicide Crisis

  The National Farmers Union says many farmers and ranchers are coping with alarming levels of stress, and that farmers and ranchers commit suicide at a rate five times that of the general population. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, NFU President Roger Johnson urged the Department of Agriculture to “develop a response…MORE