The community is in the early stages of readying for the 2034 Winter Olympics and the timing of one step — the tapping of a consultant to draft a 10-year plan — remains unclear.

Kyle City Council unanimously approved a contract with Mesa Designs for a master planning design of nature park Lake Kensington at 2400 Dacy Lane, signaling the start of the project.

With almost no fanfare, crews have been stealthily at work, building what will eventually be Visalia’s largest public ...