MADERA COUNTY–Rebecca Martinez, County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters announced today that a General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The following offices are scheduled to appear on that ballot: FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICES United States Senator (Full Term) United States Senator (Partial/Unexpired Term) US Representative in Congress, Districts 5 & 13 Member of the Assembly, Districts ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY–The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office recently assisted the California Highway Patrol with a failure to yield and a subsequent vehicle pursuit that entered Mariposa County. The pursuit eventually ended on Highway 140 near Indian Gulch Road after the vehicle crashed and the driver fled. The driver was not located, however, over 200 pounds of methamphetamine were located inside the ...

RAYMOND–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the 38000 block of Road 600. The fire is reported to be 5 acres burning at a moderate rate of spread in oak woodland. The potential is for 25 acres. This is the Gulch Fire. We will update this article when more information is available. UPDATE 3:30pm The Madera ...

MADERA COUNTY— The Madera County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reports that shortly before 11:30am on June 19, 2024, their Communications Center received an emergency call reporting an unresponsive female in the water near Angel Falls. Search and Rescue teams, along with USFS, Madera County Fire & CALFire, Sierra Ambulance, and the CHP H-40 helicopter responded to the area. During the operation, ...

CEDAR VALLEY–The Madera County Sheriff’s Department emergency personnel are currently responding to a search and rescue call in the area of Lewis Creek. Please use caution while rescue and emergency crews are working, and avoid the area if possible. We will update this article when more information is available. UPDATE More information is available in our article published here.

BASS LAKE–The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has announced that emergency personnel are currently responding to a search and rescue call in the area of Angel Falls. You can expect large numbers of personnel and equipment. Please use caution while rescue and emergency crews are working, and avoid the area if possible. We will update this article when more information is ...

INDIAN LAKES–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the area of Shawnee Avenue and Sioux. The fire is reported to be 10 acres with a potential for 100 acres. No structures are threatened at this time. This is the Sioux Fire. We will update this article as more information is available. Update 6:33 pm The fire ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will conduct the following one-way traffic control next week on State Route-132 (SR-132) and SR-140 for maintenance and construction operations. Work is scheduled as follows: STATE ROUTE 132 • One-way traffic control from East of Mahoney Gulch to State Route 49 Junction for drainage work beginning Monday, June 17. The work ...

MARIPOSA–The Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced they will be conducting 3 prescribed burns next week. The projects will not affect traffic on nearby roads. Please do not report. Beginning on Monday, June 18, a prescribed burn will take place in the Tesoro Viejo community. If weather conditions permit and resources are available, a total of 100 acres will ...

MARIPOSA–The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that on Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 8:30 am, their office received a report of two subjects who were overdue. The subjects were Leah Bernard (34 years old) and Daren Daniels (38 years old) both of Mariposa. The two left on June 7th to go cave exploring in the area and had failed ...