Our forests, air quality, water quality, food quality, recreational use of public land, energy production, families, communities, counties, jobs, and prosperity are systematically being destroyed. The people closest to the problems—those that actually live and work on the land—are acutely aware of this, yet increasingly have little say in the matter. On October 23rd and 24th Defenders of Rural America ...

YOSEMITE – Travelers to Yosemite National Park will want to be aware of construction and repair projects throughout the park. Here are the updates from the Yosemite Daily Report: The Hetch Hetchy Road is open to visitor traffic while Hetch Hetchy Water and Power and AT&T conduct utility repair operations along the roadway for the next couple of months to ...

COARSEGOLD – Drs. Travis Kendall, Jacob Geyer and Eric Francom will host Coarsegold Dental’s second annual Dentistry From The Heart event, providing a free day of dental care to more than 100 residents on Saturday, Nov. 9. Dentistry From The Heart patients have been known to travel great distances to participate in these community-based days of free dentistry.

OAKHURST – Tim Johnson has put together a very special Cowboy Christmas Concert, with two performances scheduled at Oakhurst Lutheran on Saturday, Dec. 14. There will be a maximum seating of 150 for each performance, so get your tickets early. Tickets are being pre-sold for the concert at a suggest donation of $15. The Cowboy Christmas Band will include Bobby ...

MADERA COUNTY – The Sierra National Forest will be continuing the prescribed burning that began on Saturday at the Batterson Station to complete the rest of the 50 acre project, on Monday, Nov. 4. “We are also planning to begin burning on the Kinsman burn starting on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and continuing through the week until the project is completed,” ...

MADERA COUNTY – Madera County Master Gardeners will host a free event for home gardeners on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon. Learn how to plant, prune and care for fruit trees at this special workshop presented by Master Gardeners John Bryan and Jim Espinola.

YOSEMITE – The fall colors are spectacular, photo opportunities abound, the summer crowds have gone and the weather is perfect for a trip to Yosemite National Park. As an added bonus, in celebration of Veterans Day Weekend, admission fees into the Park will be waived.

OAKHURST – If you have unused, unwanted or left-over paint, and want it out of your garage, there are local places available to take it for recycling. A new PaintCare drop-off location has been established, this one in Oakhurst, at American Floors and Interiors.

MADERA COUNTY – Sheriff John Anderson announced that the Sheriff’s Department’s drug take-back program held over the weekend hauled in just under 250 pounds of drugs. Two booths were set up in Madera County to accommodate citizens, one in Oakhurst and the other in Madera, on Saturday, Oct 26.

OAKHURST – Looking for a family-friendly location to take your little ghouls and goblins for that bag of Halloween goodies? Here is a list of some Trunk-N-Treat locations in Oakhurst tonight –