A memorial service is planned to celebrate the life of Nash Mayer on Friday, Dec. 9. at 4 p.m. in the Yosemite High School gymnasium. Nash was killed on Thursday, Dec. 1, while working with a tree removal crew. “On December 1st a tragedy struck for the Mayer family of 11 leaving them without a daddy who is now with ...

MARIPOSA —  The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra’s 15th Season continues as its Festive Holiday Concert is performed on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Fiester Auditorium of Mariposa County High School. The concert features a major work by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, though not the suite from his ballet The Nutcracker, which many orchestras – including the MSO ...

MADERA COUNTY — Claudia Gonzales, Chairwoman of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, announced the recipients of nearly $1.5 million in community grants this morning at the meeting of the Madera County Board of Supervisors. Grants included awards from 2014 and 2016, going to 33 different organizations. “Today is a very proud day for me, the Tribal Council, and the ...

MADERA COUNTY — Restaurant owner Cameron Awbrey will be on trial for human trafficking and false imprisonment of Lin Stark during this year’s Honorable Edward P. Moffat Madera County Mock Trial on Dec. 6, 8, and 10. The Mock Trial is a simulation of a court case with high school students acting as attorneys, witnesses, clerks and bailiffs. This year ...

MADERA COUNTY — Candice Ooley, the Clovis woman who pleaded guilty in October to gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI causing injury after a fatal crash on Highway 41 in May, was sentenced today in Madera Superior Court to 11 years in prison. Ooley was 23 years old and pregnant at the time she caused the crash that took the life ...

OAKHURST — The Madera County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (MADSAR) Rope Rescue Team, under the direction of Deputy Jack Williamson, spent the morning training in the hills overlooking Oakhurst. This team was successfully deployed several times over the summer for a variety of falls and high-angle rescues, and is made up primarily of volunteers. They are a key part of ...

Written by Michael Olwyler — Recently California lost its center, and the community of North Fork wants it back! A plaque describing the very center of the state was pried off a rock by vandals. The site, which was developed by the North Fork History Group (NFHG) and other partners, is on lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service near ...

SACRAMENTO – More than $15 million spread across 34 California counties will be used to remove dead and dying trees and thin fuels that could otherwise exacerbate wildfires, Cal Fire announced today. Agencies in Mariposa and Madera Counties are the recipients of more than $2 million from those grant disbursements, to be used for the removal of dead and dying ...

OAKHURST — Once again, the Oakhurst Lutheran Church has a special Cowboy Christmas Concert planned to get everyone in the holiday spirit on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. There will be two performances, one at 2 p.m., and a second at 6 p.m. Tim Johnson has put together a great group of musicians, including the Cowboy Band of Tim ...

SACRAMENTO – In response to the massive tree die off across California—which the U.S. Forest Service today estimated has killed over 102 million trees since 2010 — Cal Fire is continuing its work with federal, local, and utility partners to remove dead and dying trees that pose the greatest risk to public safety. “Although the epidemic tree mortality we are ...