O’NEALS – For the third time in as many years the Sophomore Honors History Class at Minarets High School honored local veterans with a dinner and a day of personal interviews, learning from the life experience of those who serve. The special Veterans Day Dinner Project, held this year on Nov. 12, was the brainchild of then World and U.S. ...

Submitted by Monika Moulin OAKHURST – For the fourth consecutive year, more than 50 singers from local area church choirs will come together for a beautiful Christmas program, complete with accompaniment from a live orchestra. Singers from New Community United Methodist Church, Oakhurst Lutheran Church, Sierra Vista Presbyterian Church, Christ Church/Anglican and others join together to present a Christmas cantata.

OAKHURST – An Oakhurst man was arrested yesterday after creating a disturbance at the Wells Fargo Bank branch located in the Von’s Store and assaulting a bank employee. Stephen Stagner, 53, and his mother entered the Von’s store shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, to go to Wells Fargo, reportedly to take some items out of a shared ...

OAKHURST – Two vehicles collided on Highway 41 this evening at Victoria Lane, blocking traffic in both directions for about 15 minutes as the cars were moved onto Victoria Lane. Kevin Hall, 40, of Oakhurst, was at the stop sign on Victoria Lane in a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer.

YOSEMITE – The Ansel Adams Gallery In Yosemite National Park was packed with students, parents and teachers on Saturday, Nov. 16, as awards were presented to the winners of the 3rd annual Gateway Expressions Art and Poetry Contest. Two walls in the gallery were lined with the artwork, poetry and photography of students from the gateway communities of Yosemite, and ...

OAKHURST – The Little Church on the Hill stands in quiet, simple elegance in the Oakhill Cemetery along Highway 41 in the town of Oakhurst. It has borne witness to the joys of weddings and baptisms, the fun of Sunday picnics and Easter egg hunts, and served as the spiritual and social center of a fledgling community for many years.

NORTH FORK – The Grace Community Thrift Shop, affectionately known as North Fork’s Macy’s, is asking for your used items that you no longer need or want. The Thrift Shop is low on donations this year, and asks you to bring your treasures on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 10 and 3 p.m. It’s a great way to clean out your ...

OAKHURST – A brazen vehicle break-in this morning caught the attention of Oakhurst citizens and business owners near the Best Western Inn, located on Highway 41 in Oakhurst. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, a suspect described as a white male, possibly in his 20s, wearing two-toned camouflage shorts and a black sweatshirt, smashed the window of vehicle ...

MADERA COUNTY – The efforts of Search & Rescue volunteers, along with good weather conditions, led to the rescue of two hikers lost near Fresno Dome on the Sierra National Forest on Tuesday. Late in the afternoon on Nov. 12, the Sheriff’s Office received word that two men were lost at an elevation of about 7,540 feet.

OAKHURST – The Great Wall of Coarsegold was once again a discussion item at the Town Hall meeting in Oakhurst last night, and it seems that this time the fix is in. District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler told the crowd that by noon on Friday, Nov. 15, the final permits would be in place and the wall would start coming ...