Madera County’s Decathletes Earn Medals at the State Competition! MADERA COUNTY — Nearly 500 students from 59 schools participated in the 44th Annual California Academic Decathlon in person in Santa Clara on March 24-26.  Students delivered speeches, conducted interviews, and competed in the Super Quiz on March 25.  Students took tests in seven subject areas and wrote essays at their school ...

OAKHURST–Did you know our little mountain community has its own competitive dance team? Nothing stops these hard-working dancers from proudly representing our area. Not fires, floods, or snowmageddon stopped them from recently competing in Fresno at the Starpower National Talent Competition at Selland Arena. Each year, Starpower National Talent Competition provides close to 80 creative and energy-packed competitions in cities ...

Attention former HOW Recipients! We are now accepting applications for our annual Helping One Woman scholarship the ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????! OAKHURST — Joyce Souza was one of the first supporters of HOW. She gave generously to HOW often and loved attending our annual fundraiser. She was a woman who SPARKLED! From what she would wear to her personality, Joyce ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) continues to clear a slide caused by recent weather activity on State Route 140 in Mariposa County. Route 140 is closed approximately 15 miles east of Briceburg. However, motorists can travel around the slide area via a detour on Route 140 at Foresta and El Portal roads. The initial scaling is ...

A pavement rehabilitation project on State Route 140 from 1.7 miles east of Catheys Valley Park to the north State Route 49 junction in Mariposa County received $18.8 million. SACRAMENTO — This week, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated more than $1.1 billion for projects to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. The allocation includes more than $533 ...

WASUMA — Wasuma Elementary School kindergarten round-up is taking place on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Transitional Kindergarten students must turn five between September 2, 2023, and April 2, 2024. To be eligible, kindergarten children must be five years old on or before September 1, 2023. INFORMATION REQUIRED BEFORE REGISTRATION CAN BE COMPLETE: 1. Proof of Age (Birth Record, Baptism Cert., ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—The National Weather Service Hanford Office has issued an Areal Flood Watch for the Serra Foothills in effect from 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 28th, through late Wednesday night. The following areas are included: Mariposa Madera Foothills Mariposa Madera Lower Sierra Tulare Foothills Fresno Tulare Lower Sierra South End Sierra Foothills South End of the Lower Sierra Auberry North Fork ...

MADERA COUNTY—The Madera County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is currently cooperating with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting incident. On Monday, March 27, 2023, Madera County Sheriff’s Investigators were conducting a follow-up investigation into the recent homicide in North Fork when they located 28-year-old Brandunn Wilson leaving a residence in the town of Friant. Wilson was identified as ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—The National Weather Service Hanford Office is warning residents that a storm system will impact Central California Tuesday through Wednesday, resulting in periods of rain in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills. Major to extreme winter storm impacts are expected in the Sierra Nevada. The majority of this precipitation will fall Tuesday evening and Tuesday night. ...

NORTH FORK–Madera County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning for residents of the Mammoth Pools Mobile Home Park to shelter in place at this time. This is due to law enforcement activity in the area. We have no further information at this time but will update this article when new details are made available. UPDATE 11:45AM A Shelter in Place ...