OAKHURST – The Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst suffered damage to a vehicle sometime during this past weekend when an unknown number of suspects broke into the Oakhurst compound and smashed a van’s window, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe the vandals broke into a fenced area of the property, located on Indian Springs Road, sometime between Friday ...

MARIPOSA – The Yosemite Area Audubon Society will lead a birding field trip to the Merced Falls Reservoir (McSwain Forebay) beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov 16. Everyone will meet at the Mariposa rest area adjacent to the Mariposa Museum and History Center just off Highway 140.

NORTH FORK – The Sierra Mono Museum will be holding their annual membership dinner on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the North Fork School from noon to 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings, plus family fun, a cake walk and a raffle with a grand prize of an iPad mini.

AHWAHNEE — The Eastern Madera County (EMC) SPCA has announced a fun new way to help build a local animal shelter while you treat your furry friend to a tail-wagging treat. Cat and dog treat manufacturer Cloud Star All Natural Pet Products, whose motto is “wag more bark less,” says they will give the EMC SPCA $1 for every proof ...

OAKHURST — Cool tech news and other info coming out of Oak Creek Intermediate (OCI): Principal Nicole White reports that the local middle school is “going Google.” “The OCI Campus is now a Google campus,” says Mrs. White. “We have gone Google. Our students will all be working in Google Drive and using district filtered individual student gmail accounts for ...

MADERA COUNTY – The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians announced nearly $1 million in community grants for 2013 on Tuesday, Nov. 5, during the regular meeting of the Madera County Board of Supervisors. Tribal Council Chairwoman Nancy Ayala announced the 30 grants before the board, awarding funds to 28 different organizations, many in the mountain area. This is the seventh ...

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 ...