OAKHURST – The Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau (YSVB) unveiled a new logo this past Wednesday, designed to feature more graphics and vivid colors. The new logo is meant to capture people’s attention by incorporating Half Dome, an iconic image from Yosemite National Park.

Submitted by Mark Heliger OAKHURST – Sweetwater Steak House will be the venue for a social gathering of many of the 22 artists that belong to Gallery Yosemite at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 14. We all are interested in connecting with our neighbors and letting them know that if they want to find some really great interpretations of the ...

NORTH FORK – Dozens of classic cars, hot rods and restored vehicles will be featured at the North Fork Collector Car Appreciation Day Cruise-In on Friday night, July 12, in downtown North Fork. All across the country, lovers of classic cars will be hosting events to commemorate this fourth annual celebration, and the North Fork Chamber of Commerce and Visitors ...

OAKHURST – Two bags with a string attached were discovered inside a bank’s deposit drop box in Oakhurst Monday morning. According to Yosemite Bank, sometime between July 5 and July 8, someone tried to steal money bags from the bank’s night deposit drop box using a string, says the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.

CALIFORNIA – The class action lawsuit filed by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) challenging the “fire prevention fee” as an illegal tax under Proposition 13, is scheduled for a hearing in Sacramento Superior Court on Friday, July 19. “This lawsuit is at a critical crossroad,” says HJTA in a message from their website http://firetaxprotest.org/.

“How to Get Things Done in a Small Town” NORTH FORK – When Elissa Brown moved to North Fork in 2000, she wasn’t sure how she would fit in. She had moved from Oakland where she had worked first as a lawyer and then as a community and economic development specialist. What on earth would she do in a small ...

MOUNTAIN AREA – Sheriff’s deputies had a busy day over the 4th of July, keeping law and order. Here is a wrap-up of some of the local happenings: Bass Lake – A fight between several people sent a 20-year old Oakhurst man to an area hospital with a stab wound.

MADERA – Accused arson suspects Kenneth Jackson and Alice Waterman appeared in Madera Superior Court this morning, facing charges in connection with a string of suspicious fires in the Yosemite Lakes Park area. Waterman was being arraigned on new charges, and Jackson was in court for a pre-preliminary hearing and bail review.

MADERA COUNTY – Allison Waterman, who was arrested on June 26 on arson charges, was taken into custody once again on June 29. Waterman, 46, was arrested along with her husband Ken Jackson, 40, in connection with a string of suspicious fires in the Yosemite Lakes Park area over the past several weeks.

FISH CAMP – An single-vehicle accident on Highway 41 on Monday, July 1, caused brief closures just north of Road 630. Didier Gerbi, 47, of Oakhurst, was driving his 2006 Chevy HHR southbound on Highway 41 when he apparently entered a corner at too high a rate of speed.