MARIPOSA/MADERA COUNTIES – The Yosemite Area Audubon Society (YAAS) and Lowell Young have received another “Citizen Volunteer of the Year” award. in 2013, the honor was given by the National Audubon Society. This year, the work of the organization and Lowell Young have been recognized by the environmental research organization, Point Blue Conservation Sciences. Point Blue’s stated mission is to ...

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST – Last night’s spectacular lightning storm let U.S. Forest Service firefighters know they would likely be busy today. There were 173 confirmed lightning strikes across the Sierra National Forest, sparking some 10 fires, according to SNF Headquarters. The Cattle One Fire, burning on the Bass Lake Ranger District just below Clover Meadow, was reported by the lookout ...

OAKHURST – Residents on Jean West Road were once again alerted to a fire in their area as engines headed to Taylor Mountain Road early this morning. At 12:27 a.m., on Tuesday, June 10, firefighters responded to a fire burning in grass and brush piles at the very end of Taylor Mt. Road. Five Cal Fire engines, two from the ...

MADERA COUNTY – A man piloting a small plane made an emergency landing along an orchard on Highway 41 shortly before 5 p.m. this afternoon. The pilot whose name is not being released at this hour, walked away unscathed, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. The pilot, who was heading north to Reno, NV, from Carlsbad, Calif., reportedly smelled ...

MADERA COUNTY – A man piloting a small plane made an emergency landing along an orchard on Highway 41 shortly before 5 p.m. this afternoon. The pilot, whose name is not being released at this hour, walked away unscathed, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.

CALIFORNIA – The last thing you want to do while working to protect your home from wildfire is to cause one, or to be fined or even arrested. During the dry fire-prone months, Californians are extra diligent in keeping the dry weeds cut and under control in an effort to protect their property from potential wildfire. But experts warn that ...

MADERA COUNTY – All parties were back in court today for the sentencing of a Coarsegold couple found guilty on May 8 of arson and conspiracy. Kenneth Jackson, 41, and Alice Waterman, 47, were scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, June 6, after he was found guilty of 21 counts of arson, resisting arrest, assault on a peace officer and ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following her defeat in Tuesday’s primary, Madera County Auditor Controller Marcia Hall has tendered her resignation and will not serve out the balance of her term, according to a statement from the County Administrative Office. Madera County Board of Supervisors Chairman Tom Wheeler issued the following statement:

MADERA COUNTY – The Madera County Economic Development Commission (MCEDC) has launched a new website, www.maderacountyedc.com, sponsored by Pacific Gas & Electric and designed by Nettra Marketing to enhance marketing efforts promoting the virtues of Madera County.

MADERA – The Grub Gulch Chapter 41-49 of E. Clampus Vitus is dedicating a monument to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dixieland School in Madera on Friday, June 6, at 10 a.m. Dixieland School was built in 1913 in the Dixieland Farming District and was originally named Munich which came from the group of residents who migrated from the town ...