MADERA COUNTY – A complimentary 30-day supply of personal protection equipment (PPE) is available for small businesses operating in the Madera County Mountain Communities. The PPE consists of disposable face masks, hand sanitizer and face shields. Interested business must complete the following form (Survey Questions PPE) and return it to the Visitor Center in Oakhurst located at 40343 CA. 41, ...

OAKHURST – The Boys and Girls Club of Oakhurst is now offering admission to Learning Lab. Come learn, grow and explore. Admission is open to all students grades K-8. The program includes full day supervision and tutoring to assist your child in successful remote learning. During non learning hours members will participate in Boys & Girls Club programs. Cost is ...

10.15.20 Daily Conditions Report    CALIFORNIA ROAD CONDITIONS 10.15.20    Weather Report20201015 For current and upcoming local events, please visit our website at:  https://www.yosemitethisyear.com/whats-happening Great news from Yosemite:  MARIPOSA GROVE is OPEN!!! Parking is available (until full) at the Mariposa Grove Welcome Plaza. There are approximately 300 parking spaces and it may fill by mid-morning. Access to Mariposa Grove is ...

REBECCA MARTINEZ, County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters announced today that in order to be eligible to vote in the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election, persons must register to vote by Monday, October 19, 2020. In order to be eligible to register to vote, you must be a United States Citizen, live in Madera County and be 18 years ...

MARIPOSA – Saturday, October 24th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be set up at several locations in Mariposa County allowing local residents to return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal. Bring your medications for disposal to the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office ...

Weather Report 20201013              10.13.20 Daily Conditions Report YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Yosemite Trails will be resuming horseback rides this Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020.  Online tickets are available at www.YosemiteTrails.com or by calling 559-683-7611. Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Halloween Limited: October 29th – 31st the YSPRR will be having a special Halloween train. Goody ...

OAKHURST – On November 11, 2020, Veterans Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8743 and Marine Corps Griswold Detachment #1121 will be at Oakhill Cemetery to put up the Avenue of the Flags to honor all of our military veterans. They are requesting volunteers from the community to help put up the flags at 0730 and take them down ...

NORTH FORK – Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council is hiring an Outreach Coordinator position which is a full-time position with health benefits. Summary of duties/responsibilities include: – Coordinate the organization’s general outreach, outreach activities associated with several of their grant funded projects, and some general Council operations. – Perform multiple tasks associated with Council communications, outreach, membership relations, community/partnership ...

by Solon Walker, student journalist for Minarets Press By the Light of Elune is a fantasy novel co-authored by senior Johanna Ziegler and Minarets graduate Joseph Langley. It follows the story of a party of explorers employed by the ruling Imperium, each of whom is running from something in their pasts. They have been sent out the chart the southern ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — The COVID-19 pandemic has more people than ever ordering from Amazon, and of course, scammers are finding ways to cash in on the trend. Con artists are posing as Amazon employees, calling people and claiming to need information about their account. And if that wasn’t tricky enough, scammers are spoofing the Better Business Bureau’s phone number to do ...