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News from the communities in and around Yosemite National Park

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Tuesday, July 30, to Monday, August 5, 2019. Oakhurst report of phone scam On Tuesday, July 30, at 10:10 a.m., a cadet was dispatched to the 48000 block of Liberty Drive for a possible phone scam. No suspect. A report was taken. North ...

What: This Saturday, August 10th, the Coarsegold Stampede All In Pro Rodeo, LLC brings Wizard, an eight-year-old bull, to show off all his bull and to raise excitement and awareness for the Coarsegold Stampede Pro Rodeo which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 & 15, 2019. The exciting event is an opportunity to take photos with Wizard, the ...

MADERA – Camarena Health and Kern Family Farm will receive the Crystal Tower Award at the 16th annual Business and Education Shareholders’ Luncheon on August 27 sponsored by the Madera County Compact. The Crystal Tower Award is given to businesses that have displayed exemplary career focused partnerships with schools in Madera Camarena Health was nominated by Elizabeth Puga at Madera ...

Hello Sierra Art Trails artists, supporters, and friends, The 2019 “All Artists Meeting” will be held on Sunday, August 18th at Queen’s Inn in Oakhurst. Time: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The meeting is an important milestone leading up to the show, a chance for artists to get to know each other, our volunteers and supporters, and the planning committee ...

Effective June 13, 2019, Board Trustee for Area 1 of Yosemite Unified School District, Tim Curley, resigned from office. August 5, 2019, Anne Flanagan was appointed as Provisional Trustee to Area 1 effective August 19, 2019 through December 2020. Unless a petition calling for a special election, containing a sufficient number of signatures, is filed in the office of the ...

Glen C. Dibble of Kamiah, Idaho, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 12:09 p.m. after every life saving measure was taken. He died after being diagnosed with a liver infection that lead to a multi-organ failure.  His loving wife was at his side every chance she could get.  Glen was 78 years old. Glen is survived by his ...

MARIPOSA – After another wet winter and above average snow pack, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility ...

Wishon – Cal Fire responded this morning to reports of a single vehicle accident involving an Emadco garbage truck colliding with a power pole on Cedar Lane and Sierra Linda Drive in Wishon. First responder was Cal Fire’s Engine 4275, who reported a broken power pole leaning against some overhead wires and arcing into a tree. No road blockage reported. CHP ...

NORTH FORK – At 7:50 a.m. this morning, Cal Fire, CHP and EMS responded to reports of a single vehicle accident involving a big rig truck on Road 200 near Mountain View Peak Road, approximately five miles southwest of the Bass Fork Valero gas station in North Fork. According to CHP, the driver of the big rig, age and name ...