OAKHURST – Petrushkin & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC has earned the 2021 Ameriprise Client Experience Award. Petrushkin & Associates was honored with this award because their ability to consistently deliver personalized, goal-based advice and exceptional client service. Award recipients earned an overall client satisfaction rating equal to or greater than 4.9 out of ...

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform various operations on State Routes 49 and 140 next week in Mariposa County. State Route 49 • One-way traffic control from Mocassin Creek to Bear Valley Road in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties for sweeping operations beginning Monday, March 7, through Friday, March 11, 2022, from 8:00 ...

North Fork Elementary will have a Team Competing at the Inaugural Event. Madera County’s elementary school students will battle it out during the first Madera County Battle of the Books.  This Saturday, students in grades 3-6 will answer questions based on a list of 20 books that each team is responsible to read.  There will be separate 3rd-4th grade and ...

Madera, Calif. – At the Madera County Board of Supervisors meeting today, Supervisors gave direction to County staff regarding the implementation of state mandated organic waste collection services pursuant to SB1383. In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016). SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level ...

This is the fourth 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 “intended ...

The Upper Merced River Watershed Council’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that its application to the Bureau of Reclamation’s 2021 WaterSmart Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase 1 Grant was chosen for funding. The WaterSMART Grant Program provides up to $100,000 to eligible watershed groups to support capacity building and group development activities that empower local communities to engage ...

FRESNO – Dr. Robert R. Davila grew up amidst the agricultural backdrop of the San Joaquin Valley. Childhood was challenging for Davila and his seven siblings in their early years. As children of Mexican migrants who worked up and down the Valley picking crops and packing fruit, the children initially spoke only Spanish and began school later in childhood.  At ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform various operations on State Routes 49, 132, and 140 next week in Mariposa County. Route 49 • One-way traffic control from Boyer Road to the West Fork Chowchilla River for utility work from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Route 132 • One-way traffic control ...

FRESNO – On the strength of significant growth in research activities in recent years, Fresno State has been elevated to “Doctoral University — High Research Activity,” or R2 status, according to the most recent Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Only 14 California universities share this designation, including seven universities in the California State University system. “The R2 designation ...

Caltrans Director’s Policy Commits to Safe System Approach to Eliminate Deaths and Serious Injuries on California Roadways SACRAMENTO — Building on its longstanding commitment to safety, Caltrans today is unveiling a new Director’s Policy on Road Safety which commits the department to the Safe System approach and reaffirms the vision of reaching zero fatalities and serious injuries on state highways ...