MADERA COUNTY – How important is it to be notified if your home is being threatened by fire, flood, a major winter storm or any other emergency situation? The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has implemented a free service called MC Alert to send you a message no matter where you are – at home, at school, at work or away ...

NORTH FORK – The North Fork School presents its Fall For The Arts Showcase, spotlighting all our talented kids, this Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. The fundraising event will raise money to support music and the arts at the school, which has been designated by the Chawanakee School District to be the School of the Arts in ...

COARSEGOLD – A Mariposa man remains behind bars facing felony drug charges following his arrest early Thursday morning in Coarsegold. Christopher Davis Franksen, 36, was taken into custody at around 2:24 a.m., Oct. 31, on Road 417 near Quartz Mountain Road, just west of Indian Lakes Estates, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.

MADERA COUNTY – After weeks of testimony in what was described by Judge Dale Blea as “the longest preliminary hearing I’ve ever been involved in,” the court heard closing arguments in the arson case against Kenneth Jackson and Allison Waterman on Monday, Oct. 28. Jackson and Waterman were arrested on June 25 and charged with 31 counts of arson and ...

OAKHURST – The Oakhurst Elks Lodge was crowded with those wishing to celebrate and honor our first responders last Saturday night. Cal Fire, Madera County Fire Department, Sierra Ambulance, the California Highway Patrol, the U.S. Forest Service and the Madera County Sheriff’s Office all selected honorees from their own ranks to be singled out at the first annual Mountain Area ...

OAKHURST – Firefighters were prepared this evening for a particular type of call. With temperatures dropping, and homeowners lighting the first fire of the season in the woodstove, there was the potential for a structure fire. Just before 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct 28, the call came in for a fire at a home on Terri Lane just east of ...

Submitted by Monica McClanahan OAKHURST – The Oakhurst Library is very pleased to host an event for local author, Virginia Walton Pilegard. Virginia was raised on a cattle ranch in the foothills of central California. She earned the Indian nickname “Two Spoons” from Mono artist Richard Lavell. The artist spotted Virginia with a spoon in each hand sharing decadent desserts ...

NORTH FORK – The Squirrel Cage Theatre Co. presents its own mountain version of Rip Van Winkle over two weekends, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 & 2, and 8 & 9 at the North Fork Town Hall. Director Terry Butler brings 50 years of theater experience to this show, and has adapted the play to give it a local flavor. ...

COARSEGOLD – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler delivered some “great news about the Great Wall of Coarsegold” Thursday night at a Town Hall meeting at the Community Center. Almost exactly one year to the day since County officials told those gathered in the same hall that they were hopeful work would start soon on the crumbling structure, the legal issues ...

COARSEGOLD – Supervisor Tom Wheeler will be hosting his next Town Hall meeting this Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Coarsegold Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m. One interesting topic for discussion will include (again!) the Great Wall of Coarsegold and what progress has been made on getting the thing fixed.