MADERA COUNTY — Commuters and others wondering what traffic will look like on Highway 41 in the coming weeks now have additional answers, as California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) project manager Anand Kapoor just released an updated schedule for construction on the passing lanes project currently underway. The construction project will add passing lanes in both directions along 1.7 miles ...

We received this wonderful story from the EMC SPCA, written by Katharine Napier-Janz, about the special dog they adopted several years ago. It’s a great testimonial to the important work done by this organization, finding forever homes for pets in need of a family to love. I want to update you on Jericho, a pup I rescued from you in ...

By Yosemite High School Athletic Director Rusty Oetinger — To catch readers up with what’s been happening lately, the first note is that I’ve been out of school quite a bit with my Sports Marketing class and the athletic director conference in San Diego. To give you a little information regarding the Sports Marketing class. We recently spent the evening ...

Written by Tally Scott — O’NEALS — Tryouts for the 2016-2017 Minarets cheer season saw a great turnout. Twenty-five girls tried out – more than three times what our high school had last year! Due to the fact that there are so many girls interested in cheerleading, Minarets will have both a JV and a Varsity squad for the first ...

MADERA COUNTY — The Madera County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is hosting another Medication Take-Back event scheduled for Saturday, Apr. 30. This service to the public is scheduled twice annually, once in the spring and once in the fall. Sheriff Varney wants to remind the public of the importance of proper disposal of ...

Written by Lexey Jenkins — COARSEGOLD — Coarsegold rodeo is coming up very soon. It is from Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1. April 29 is Heritage Day. Heritage Day is a day of exciting events like hands-on learning booths, gold panning, basket weaving, Native American tribal dancing, petting zoo, face painting, fossil digging, a K-9 unit and vehicles ...

EARTH — After decent rainfall this year, foothill residents have been treated to a wild host of wild flowers decorating the mountains with bright splashes of yellow mustard, orange poppy, and purple-blue lupine. Now, we’re being treated to what’s known as a pink full moon, and that designation doesn’t reflect the color of the moon in the sky, but makes ...

NORTH FORK — A single-vehicle rollover near the bridge at Fine Gold Creek reduced traffic to one lane for over 90 minutes this morning. Just before 8 a.m. on Thursday, Apr. 21, two brothers, both from North Fork, were on their way down to the Valley, westbound on Road 200 in a 2011 Nissan Versa at a stated speed of ...

My name is Gina Clugston, and I am the owner, publisher, editor, reporter, photographer, community liason, business manager and chief worrier at Sierra News Online (SNO). I started this little project sitting at my kitchen table in 2012, and have devoted every waking hour, and half my sleeping hours (just ask my husband) to the care and feeding of SNO. ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Sunday, Apr. 10 to Saturday, Apr. 16, 2016. Coarsegold found property On Sunday, Apr. 10 at 9:08 a.m. a deputy was dispatched to a report of found property in the 35000 block of CA-41. A bag containing various hand tools was located by ...