By Dawn Williams —  OAKHURST — Going on a field trip is always exciting. Sierra Tel recently rolled out the “red carpet” to arrange an informative field trip for Oakhurst Elementary School’s 59 fourth grade students. It was a great day to see their operations and meet some of their employees. Students learned about Spool Forest, fiber optics, cables, and ...

Daniel A Lyons, 68, resident of Coarsegold, Calif., lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:40 p.m. where he was surrounded by his family in his home. Dan moved to Coarsegold in 2010 where he began his realtor journey with Century 21 Ditton. He was presented with the Century 21 Ruby Award as well as the ...

NORTH FORK – The North Fork Scout Fund’s annual Christmas Tree Sale will begin on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the North Fork Library. Fresh, locally grown red fir (silver tip) in a variety of sizes through at least 15 ft. will be available. Tree sales will begin at 9 a.m. on the 1st and continue daily until sold out. The ...

Written by Lisa Clark – NORTH FORK – Please join us for this annual community event on Friday, Dec.  7, from 4 – 6 p.m. in downtown North Fork, as we set the holiday season aglow with the lighting of our living pine Christmas Tree, along with the 1st annual Bake-O Bash! This year promises to be better than ever ...

AHWAHNEE — A special fundraising dinner hosted by the nonprofit group Helping One Woman (HOW) will be held in honor of Marie Elizabeth Wynne on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at The Hitching Post in Ahwahnee, starting at 6 p.m. “Marie moved to the mountain community [in] December of 1985 from Wisconsin,” say HOW organizers. “She worked for Community Hospital Home Health ...

BASS LAKE — The annual Oakhurst Community Christmas Tree Auction is a wonderfully unique event that benefits some of the area’s most essential community organizations, spreading quite a bit of holiday cheer in the process. Hosted by The Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst, and held at The Pines Resort, the joyful event enables dozens of nonprofits to benefit from ...

NORTH FORK – With countless families in Paradise having lost their homes due to the tragic Camp Fire, one local woman is doing what she can to help. North Fork resident Diane Mercado is working to provide temporary housing for those who are camping out and need a roof over their heads as winter approaches. “The churches in Chico are ...

YOSEMITE —  As Yosemite National Park officials work to protect bears by reducing the number of incidents between bears and humans, bear activity in Yosemite National Park continues to decrease. Compared to this same week in 2017, the lowest year on record, bear incidents in 2018 are down by 43 percent and damage amounts in dollars are down by 64 ...

OAKHURST – Adventist Health proudly welcomes family nurse practitioner, Gina Ragsdale, FNP, to the team practicing at Adventist Health Medical Office – Oakhurst East. Ragsdale received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. She completed her training as a Family Nurse Practitioner with Chamberlain College of Nursing in Downers Grove, ...

Written by Lisa Clark – NORTH FORK — As we approach the season of giving, Grace Community Church once again will provide Christmas dinner baskets for the first 175 North Fork families to sign up. The amount has greatly increased for this program and we are asking the North Fork community to participate financially this year. A breakdown cost of ...