Firefighters have responded to two escaped control burns in the last few days, reminding residents to use extreme caution when doing hazard reduction burning. An escaped burn off River Knowles in the Coarsegold area on Monday grew to about one-quarter acre before firefighters stopped the spread. Another vegetation fire, caused when a control burn on Spinelli Road got out of ...

COARSEGOLD – Coarsegold 4-H members were invited to be guest speakers at Chick Days on Saturday, Mar. 7. Chick Days is an informational day for people from our area to learn about chicks and chickens, sponsored by Oakhurst Feed & Pet Supply in Oakhurst. This is the second year that Coarsegold 4-H members have been a part of this event.

COARSEGOLD – The Coarsegold Chamber of Commerce celebrates the grand opening of their new office and Visitors Center in the Historic Village on Saturday, Mar. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This will also be their annual meeting, offering the public a chance to meet the board of directors and network with local business colleagues, while enjoying some free ...

COARSEGOLD – We still miss him in Coarsegold, that guy who used to stand by the road and wave to the morning parade of commuters traveling south on Highway 41 toward the city. On most weekdays during the early “rush hour,” William (Bill) Briggs endured the occasional middle-finger salute in exchange for the more common honks and hellos he received ...

With estimates of a 40 percent die-off of Ponderosa Pine this year, and dead and dying trees dotting the landscape in the mountain area, Cal Fire is offering some important assistance for homeowners. The oncoming fire season, which is forecast to be even more volatile than 2014, makes it critical that diseased, dead and dying trees be removed as soon ...

COARSEGOLD – We’ve lived here more than eight years now, near family who’ve been in the foothills almost forty years. Not a week goes by that we don’t somehow express our joy at living in a small town, sometimes shaking our heads at the closeness of it all. Yesterday, around 4 p.m., I was reminded that we came here from ...

COARSEGOLD – Have you noticed something calling to you mysteriously, something that just won’t quit? Susanne Waite of Coarsegold had that feeling for years, everytime she cruised past one very old, seemingly abandoned oak tree on Trabuco Road. This particular once-glorious oak was being steadily overtaken by a parasitic enemy in the form of mistletoe. So Waite set out to ...

COARSEGOLD – A attempt to make a left-hand turn off Highway 41 in Coarsegold this afternoon resulted in a two-car crash that blocked the roadway as the scene was cleared. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, a Coarsegold woman driving a Toyota Highlander was northbound on Highway 41, turning left onto Road 415. A Ford F-250, driven by ...

COARSEGOLD – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler is hosting a Town Hall meeting tonight, Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Clubhouse in Yosemite Lakes Park from 6 to 8 p.m. Subjects for discussion include the upcoming fire season and how you can “harden” your home to be prepared. Roger Maybee, director of Firewise Madera County, will make a presentation, along with ...

COARSEGOLD – A local high school teacher is quickly growing a favored dream into reality, as Minarets instructor Matt Powers has written volumes of text designed to teach the science of permaculture to teenage students, before they get to college.