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High School Seniors Direct & Produce “Our Town”

You are invited to see the play “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder the first two weekends in March – directed and produced by High School seniors Olivia Hagen and Grace Mierkey! OAKHURST – “Our Town” is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of small-town life, much ...

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Winter Weather Advisory Issued for the Weekend

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES – The National Weather Service, Hanford Office, has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our communities beginning today through Sunday. The advisory began at 5:53 AM PST Fri Mar 4 2022, for the following Mountain Communities – Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-South End of the Lower Sierra-San Joaquin River Canyon-Piute Walker Basin-Including the cities of Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Fish ...

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Petrushkin & Associates Earns Ameriprise Client Experience Award

OAKHURST – Petrushkin & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC has earned the 2021 Ameriprise Client Experience Award. Petrushkin & Associates was honored with this award because their ability to consistently deliver personalized, goal-based advice and exceptional client service. Award recipients earned an overall client satisfaction rating equal to or greater than 4.9 out of ...

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Delays Expected On State Routes 49 and 140

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform various operations on State Routes 49 and 140 next week in Mariposa County. State Route 49 • One-way traffic control from Mocassin Creek to Bear Valley Road in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties for sweeping operations beginning Monday, March 7, through Friday, March 11, 2022, from 8:00 ...

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Yosemite Control Burn Update

YOSEMITE – The jackpot burning at Crane Flat a couple weeks ago was very successful with approximately 340 acres burned. This week fire crews have been continuing work in the Mariposa Grove, Merced Grove, El Portal woodlot, and the Foresta burn pile. Conditions dependent, we are starting to assess some of the Studhorse units for burning mid-March. These units are ...

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Celebrating Women’s History Month

Celebrating Women’s History Month on Fresno State Campus Women’s History Month celebrates the contributions women have made to the United States and recognizes the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields. Here is a listing of public Fresno State events throughout the month-long celebration: March 1: “Queer Women in History,” a ...

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Battle of the Books Comes to Madera

North Fork Elementary will have a Team Competing at the Inaugural Event. Madera County’s elementary school students will battle it out during the first Madera County Battle of the Books.  This Saturday, students in grades 3-6 will answer questions based on a list of 20 books that each team is responsible to read.  There will be separate 3rd-4th grade and ...

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Ukrainian Professor Continues to Teach Amid Conflict

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FRESNO — For the past few days, Nataliia Kasianenko watched on television and social media as Russian forces have bombarded residential areas in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv — her hometown. Kasianenko has been in constant communication with her family and friends while her parents hide in a shelter underground, next to their apartment complex. “My hometown is now at the ...

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Madera County Board of Supervisors Provide Direction on SB1383

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Madera, Calif. – At the Madera County Board of Supervisors meeting today, Supervisors gave direction to County staff regarding the implementation of state mandated organic waste collection services pursuant to SB1383. In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016). SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level ...

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Wildfire Wednesday: Document Everything! – Part 4

This is the fourth in a series of articles SNO will be doing called “Wildfire Wednesday.” To begin, there will be 8 articles presenting “The 12 Step Guide to Help Plan in Advance for Evacuation.” This guide was put together by Katie Hepler and the members of the California Fire Support Group on Facebook. The California Fire Support Group is “intended ...

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