OAKHURST – An organization dedicated to keeping the Oakhurst Community Center running has announced its fall schedule: Mountain Community Women (MCW) start their season off with a Membership Drive beginning Monday, Sept. 8 at the Oakhurst Community Center.

Submitted by Rusty Oetinger OAKHURST – The Yosemite High School (YHS) Lady Badgers Golf Team played Madera and Madera South High Schools on Thursday, Aug. 28, at Madera Country Club. Pictured from left to right are Claire Oetinger, Kelsi Stieler and Jessica Rudd.

MARIPOSA – Get the family ready for a swell long weekend, as the Mariposa County Fair is in town for Labor Day, starting Friday, Aug. 29 and running through Monday, Sept. 1 at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds. This 76th edition of the fair, billed as “Boots, Buckles and Barrels of Fun,” will include carnival rides, food and drinks, livestock shows, ...

Submitted by Rusty Oetinger OAKHURST – The Yosemite High School Girls Golf team got off to a great start yesterday, when they played Madera High School at Sierra Meadows and beat them by a score of 144 – 92.

OAKHURST – August 26 is recognized by many as National Dog Day, though, as anyone who has a four-legged best friend will tell you, every day is dog day around some places. National Dog Day, aka International Dog Day and National Dog Appreciation Day, is celebrated annually and “serves to help galvanize the public to recognize the number of dogs ...

BASS LAKE – Save the date, as the Bass Lake Lions Club and Bass Lake Realty invite the community to join in on the 9th annual Bass Lake Home Tour, to benefit the Eastern Madera County SPCA. Several gracious families in the beautiful area have opened their homes for public viewing on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 ...

OAKHURST – Members of the Sierra Oakhurst Kiwanis Club welcome one and all to rev their engines, as it’s time for the 12th annual Run for the Gold classic car show at the Community Center. The action starts with a kick-off party on Friday, Sept. 5, followed by a full day of automobile admiration and family fun, plus food and ...

OAKHURST – The local chapter of nonprofit organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will meet tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 17, to honor and support Frankie Honea. The event was previously scheduled for last month and was postponed due to the junction fire.

OAKHURST – Since I hadn’t really left the house since Monday when the fire broke out, this seemed like a good day to drop my no-school-today teenager at the movies and drive north to see what was happening in the aftermath of the Junction Fire, a beast that screamed through Oakhurst with a rate of speed and intensity that had ...

OAKHURST – Nervous energy was palpable at Yosemite High School on Monday, Aug. 18, as students filed in to resume their quest for annual metriculation. Young people ambled around the campus and coalesced outside the library to see if their schedules would change. They had no idea just how much would change before the day was over.