OAKHURST – With the news of a new provider taking over Oakhurst’s Rural Health Clinic and Urgent Care from Community Medical Centers, everyone has questions about what the future holds for the facility. Christine Pickering, Director of Marketing and Communications for new owner Adventist Health, says that right now they are in the listening and learning mode.

MADERA COUNTY – Shards of glass littered the public entrance of Madera County’s Courthouse building this morning after a vandal smashed the windows overnight. Two rocks were found that deputies say were used to shatter one of the glass doors, and destroy the side panel of another window.

From the website of Congressman Tom McClintock, 4th District of California CALIFORNIA – The Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act by Congressman McClintock was approved today by the House of Representatives as part of a larger bill, H.R. 2954 (The Public Access and Lands Improvement Act). Title IX of that bill compromises the Rim Fire Salvage Act. The salvage language is ...

Submitted by the North Fork History Group NORTH FORK – The North Fork History Group is searching for someone who has a photograph of Judge Marcia Putney who presided over the court in North Fork, CA circa, 1948. Judge Putney was the first woman judge in Madera County. The History Group is looking for information about the judge that could ...

Submitted by the Oakhurst Democratic Club MADERA COUNTY – The Oakhurst Democratic Club will host a debate between Madera County District Attorney candidates Michael Keitz, David Linn and Miranda Neal on Friday, Feb. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Oakhurst Community Center, moderated by Peter Cavanaugh.

OAKHURST – Oakhurst Community Medical Center will transition operations to Adventist Health effective June 1. For almost four decades Community Medical Centers’ healthcare facility in Oakhurst served the mountain communities and its visitors.

MADERA COUNTY – A teenager sits behind bars facing murder charges after deputies found her newborn wrapped in a plastic bag and stuffed in a cabinet below the bathroom sink at a home on Chapin Street in Madera. According to reports, the 17-year-old girl showed up at an area hospital last Friday, Jan. 30, where doctors discovered she was suffering ...

OAKHURST – For 15 months in 2012-2013, Flint Tompkins and other volunteers operating as Friends of the Park (FOTP) set up shop regularly at the entrance to Oakhurst Community Park, welcoming visitors and helping to create a safe, friendly atmosphere. When FOTP announced last summer they would no longer staff the park due to growing concerns over safety, community members ...

YOSEMITE LAKES PARK – An incident at Station 10 will require the temporary relocation of firefighting equipment, but Captain Haynes says it’s not going to stop the dedicated volunteers from doing their jobs. On Tuesday, Engine 10 was being moved out of the bay for service when it struck a structural beam, causing safety concerns regarding building integrity and prompting ...

OAKHURST – A mountain area couple caught squatting on private property ended up behind bars after the trailer they had been staying in was determined to be stolen. Darrin Eugene Eidson, 43, of Oakhurst, and Susan Wright, 44, of Coarsegold, were taken into custody Tuesday, Feb. 4, after a deputy caught the pair trespassing on private property near Lewis Creek ...