Sierra National Forest continues with the winter/spring prescribed burning on the Bass Lake Ranger District Mountain Communities — The Sierra National Forest (SNF) will continue prescribed burning within the Bass Lake Ranger District, beginning Tuesday, February 15th thru Sunday, February 20th as weather and air quality is optimal to start ignitions. These treatments will consist of understory burning removing fuels ...

COARSEGOLD — TK & Kindergarten enrollment starts March 7, 2022. Enrollment can be completed online or you can pick up a packet in the Rivergold School office from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. If enrollment is completed online the registrar will call and request you come to the office to provide additional information not included in the online enrollment. Parents ...

MARIPOSA — Field trips are coming back to the Mariposa Museum but museum urgently needs an influx of new volunteers. Volunteer docents are needed as well as tour guides for the upcoming school field trip season. No experience is necessary. We will train those with an eagerness to learn and give back to their community! Museum docents are needed on ...

It’s hard to resist a perfectly blended, rose-red, luscious Red Velvet Mug Cake. It’s the perfect size, with just a handful of instructions, and it’s easily cooked before your eyes in the microwave. That’s right, the microwave. This mug cake is a simple way to make something delicious and keep the portions small. Whether you have a small party, just ...

As More Cameras, Weather Stations and Grid Devices Were Installed, Re-engineered Circuit Settings Cut Ignitions. The Path Begins to Put 10,000 Miles of Powerlines Underground Mountain Communities — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reached major milestones in 2021 in reducing the risk of wildfires to improve the safety of the electric system. The safety work was a part of ...

MADERA — Valley Children’s has taken another step in its commitment to providing the highest quality of care to children in the Central Valley through the establishment of the first pediatric Cochlear Implant Center in the region. The Valley Children’s Cochlear Implant Center provides children needing cochlear implants a dedicated home to see a multidisciplinary team of pediatric subspecialists at ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — While the National Football League’s top two teams are preparing to battle it out on the field this weekend, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is making its game plan to keep the motoring public safe long after the celebrations have ended. Millions of people will watch the Super Bowl this year, with some attending parties and others ...

Call FAM at 559-441-4221. Visit FAM’s website at fresnoartmuseum.org. Come visit them and see their exciting new exhibitions! Thursdays & Fridays noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays & Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.               MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS FREE! Join Now! Click here for more visitor information. Click here for tickets. Don’t miss exhibiting ...

This is the first in a series of articles SNO will be doing called “Wildfire Wednesday.” To begin, there will be 8 articles presenting “The 12 Step Guide to Help Plan in Advance for Evacuation.” This guide was put together by Katie Hepler and the members of the California Fire Support Group on Facebook. The California Fire Support Group is ...

Nature of Wildworks is new to Coarsegold, having purchased land and moved there in Oct. 2021, the organization had a home in Topanga Canyon in Southern California for more than 25 years. Fires, changing times, and zoning issues changed all that and caused Los Angeles County to require them to move.  COARSEGOLD — There’s a new guy in town. His ...