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Your Home Can Survive A Wildfire – Here’s How

Here is a classic example of how Owner Mitigation + Firefighter Hard Work = Success. Though the official fire season may be winding down in the next few months, finger crossed, preparation to ensure that your home is fire ready and fire safe is an ongoing task that is best accomplished in the wet and cooler weather. This dramatic photo ...

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Supervisors Vote Unanimously Against A Pay Raise

MADERA COUNTY — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday not to accept the pay increase recommended by staff, that would put them more in line with the salaries of supervisors in neighboring counties. District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler, who has supported the increase in the past, made the motion to deny the ordinance, stating that he had given it ...

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Sheriff’s Local Crime Log Through Sept. 11

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Monday, Sept. 5 to Sunday, Sept 11, 2016: Oakhurst juveniles arrested On Monday, Sept. 5 at 2:56 a.m. deputies were dispatched to the Denny’s Restaurant located within the 40600 block of CA-41 regarding a report of a theft. Three juvenile suspects had fled from the ...

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Yosemite National Park Hosts Naturalization Ceremony

YOSEMITE — Over 50 people will become naturalized U.S. Citizens today at the famous Glacier Point, overlooking Half Dome and Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. This special ceremony commemorates Constitution and Citizenship Day, a combined event that is observed annually on Sept. 17, to commemorate the formation and signing of the Constitution of the United States. It also recognizes ...

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Accident On Highway 41 Claims Life Of Bass Lake Woman

BASS LAKE — A young woman who died today in a tragic crash on Highway 41 between Oakhurst and Coarsegold has been identified. O’Neill Ewell, 20, of Bass Lake was driving a 2006 Volkswagen Jetta northbound approaching Serpa Canyon when the accident happened. Haley Phillips, also 20, of Coarsegold was a passenger in the car and suffered major injuries. She ...

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Tragedy On Highway 41 Near Serpa Canyon

COARSEGOLD — One person is dead and one is en route to the hospital after a solo vehicle accident just north of Coarsegold. Just before 1:30 p.m. a car was reported off the side of the road on Highway 41 near Serpa Canyon. Emergency responders arrived to find that two females estimated to be in their early 20s had been driving northbound ...

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Missing Hikers Located In Yosemite

YOSEMITE — ABC30 reports that one of the missing hikers in Yosemite, Dave Brown, walked into a ranger station late Tuesday morning, and Javier Avelar was located a short time later. The condition of the two hikers is not known at this time. Avelar and Brown had planned a six-day backpacking trip near Hetch Hetchy and did not show up ...

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Search Continues For Two Firefighters Missing In Yosemite

YOSEMITE — The search continues for two firefighters who are missing in Yosemite National Park after failing to return from a six-day hike. ABC30 reports that Javier Avelar and Dave Brown planned a six-day backpacking trip near Hetch Hetchy and did not show up for work this week. The search began yesterday. Park officials say the two Fullerton firefighters, who ...

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Supervisors Vote To Move Forward On Austin Quarry

MADERA COUNTY — After an emotional meeting lasting nearly 11 hours, the Madera County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to move forward with the Austin Quarry project, planned for the southwest corner of Highways 41 and 145. Today’s hearing was to consider two appeals of the Planning Commission’s July 19 decision to certify a Final Environmental Impact Report, approve two ...

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State Property Tax Postponement Program Reinstated

CALIFORNIA — The State Controllers Property Tax Postponement Program has been reinstated after being suspended by the Governor in 2009, according to the Madera County Tax Collector’s Office. The Property Tax Postponement program allows homeowners who are seniors, are blind or have a disability to defer their current year property taxes on their primary residence if they meet certain established ...

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