AHWAHNEE – Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Pam Vaccaro of Ahwahnee announce the engagement of their daughter Kaitlyn Vaccaro to Greg Gedese, son of Bob and LaDonna Nason of Oakhurst.

AHWAHNEE – The new season of top-flight concerts at the Coolwater Ranch kicks off with Grammy-winning guitarist Mike Dowling on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. Dowling draws inspiration from American roots guitar. Bottleneck blues, vintage swing and ragtime are just a few of the styles in which he is fluent. With his self-deprecating wit and elegant interpretations of an ...

AHWAHNEE – Local favorite Sierra Meadows may be the latest golf course to close amidst a growing trend in America. It seems a potentially fatal combination of economic hardship, historic drought, and declining interest has turned the nation’s love affair with a small white ball into a passing fancy for a severely endangered sport.

AHWAHNEE – Local favorite Sierra Meadows may be the latest golf course to close amidst a growing trend in America. It seems a potentially fatal combination of economic hardship, historic drought, and declining interest has turned the nation’s love affair with a small white ball into a passing fancy for a severely endangered sport. Sierra Meadows Country Club and Golf ...

OAKHURST – This month the local charitible organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will help many. The ladies of HOW will gather on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Hitching Post for a fun evening set to benefit fire stations in Oakhurst, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, and Cedar Valley.

AHWAHNEE – Looking for a reason to tee up with friends? Members of the Oakhurst Sierra Sunrise Rotary invite golfers and others to the 24th Annual Rick Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament, on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Sierra Meadows Golf Course. The Rick Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament is named in honor of the golf devotee and long-time Oakhurst Sierra Sunrise Rotarian. ...

AHWAHNEE – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so ladies, get ready to tee it up on Saturday, Oct. 18, for the Save the Mamas’ Tatas Women’s Golf Tournament at River Creek Golf Course in Ahwahnee, starting at noon. It’s 4-women teams, best ball. Dinner afterwards will be cooked and served by the three boys who have made this fight ...

AHWAHNEE – Wasuma Elementary School principal Jason Mercier reports that administration and staff are “looking forward to the start of another great school year,” and reminds all concerned that the first day of school is Monday, Aug. 18th. “The office needs verification, for all 7th grade students, that they have received the Tdap/Pertussis/Whooping cough booster vaccination,” explains Mercier. “We need ...

AHWAHNEE – A group of like-minded individuals gathered at Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park on Monday, July 29, to break ground on the newest phase of renovation for the Oak Acorn Center, an interpretive community facility. Plans call for an existing building to be torn down, with portions of the old wood re-purposed and built into a new structure designed to ...

AHWAHNEE – Get ready to tee it up on Saturday, June 7, as Sierra Meadows Country Club hosts the annual Oakhurst Sierra Rotary Dr. Gary Pence Invitational, with homemade breakfast burritos, eye opener and registration at 8 a.m.. followed by a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The tournament honors Dr. Gary Pence, a well known and loved community leader and ...