NORTH FORK – A mother bear was apparently hit by a car on Road 223 just east of Thornberry Road tonight. At 8:07 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, a report came in of a bear dead in the road near Teaford Saddle. The reporting party told dispatch that a cub was running into the road to check on the mother ...

OAKHURST — The meeting room at the Yosemite Gateway Association of Realtors was packed on Wednesday night, Sept. 11, even on short notice as nearly 50 people showed up to consider options for making Oakhurst Community Park safe for families. People who were described as “vagrants” have become an issue for families wanting to spend time in the park, and ...

Written by Don Grove O’NEALS – Joe Lee graduated from Minarets High in the spring of 2013. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and graduated from boot camp on Friday, Sept. 6. He is currently home on leave until he reports to Camp Pendleton in Southern California for additional training.

YOSEMITE – Tioga Road has reopened to through traffic as of noon on Saturday, Sept.14. State Route 120 (Tioga Road) had been closed from Crane Flat to White Wolf, within Yosemite National Park. Visitors will have access to Yosemite Valley from Highway 395 via SR-120. However, due to continued fire activity in the area, stopping along the roadway is strictly ...

OAKHURST – Blockbuster Video has announced that they will be closing the doors at their Oakhurst location on October 25. According to manager Breanna Meier, the employees were notified last Wednesday of the closing which was precipitated by underperfomance at the location.

NORTH FORK – A full wildland fire response was called out when a report of a car fire in a heavily wooded area near North Fork came it to the Mariposa Command Center. Dave Welfield was driving his Chevy pickup out Hadley Road just a few hundred feet of Road 200 when he says he looked in the rear view ...

From Don Neubacher, Superintendent, Yosemite National Park YOSEMITE – I wanted to provide an update with some encouraging news on the Rim Fire suppression and restoration efforts. It has been nearly four weeks since the fire started and in that time it has burned 255,560 acres, 77,919 acres of which are in Yosemite National Park. The fire is currently 80% ...

MADERA COUNTY – Kenneth Jackson and Allison Waterman were back in court on Thursday, Sept. 12, as their preliminary hearing picked up where it left off on Monday. The husband and wife are charged with numerous counts of arson and conspiracy in connection with a string of fires throughout May and June of this year in the Coarsegold/Yosemite Lakes Park ...

Submitted by Doug Waltner NORTH FORK – The Grizzly Century Bike Run returns to the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “The Griz” has become one of the premier rides in Central California. Great scenery, little traffic, and friendly service are among the attractions. The Grizzly Century began 21 years ago as ...

MADERA COUNTY – An early morning raid on a marijuana grow just 75 yards from an elementary school yielded about 400 fully budded marijuana plants in four separate gardens, ready for harvest. The eradication mission was set in motion at about 7 p.m. last night when a marijuana plant was found on the grounds of Coarsegold Elementary School, according to ...