OAKHURST — Get out your dancing shoes and cowboy hats, everyone! The Gold Dust Dancers Square and Line Dance Club is starting a new beginner’s class on Wednesday, February 15th. Dates & Times: Beginner’s class on Wednesdays, February 15th & 22nd and March 1st, 2023, from 7 – 8 p.m. Main Stream and Plus levels from 8 – 9:30 p.m. ...

OAKHURST — This Valentine’s Day, Yosemite Wine Tails presents five beautifully prepared dinner courses that will daze and amaze you and your sweetheart. This intimate five-course meal will be paired with award-winning wines from throughout California. Date & Time: Tuesday, February 14, from 5:30 – 9 p.m. Your romantic adventure begins at 5:30 p.m. with reserved parking out front and a ...

Sara (Sally) Ternes April 25, 1956 – January 14, 2023 Sally, 66, began her life in Steubenville, OH, from the parents of Edwin and Kay Boone. She moved to California from Ohio after graduating from high school. She has been a resident of Ahwahnee, CA, for 23 years. She resided in the Bay Area for 23 years prior. She went ...

OAKHURST — Bring your Valentine to Metta Yosemite for this special class for couples! Sarah Montgomery will guide you through some partner poses to encourage bonding and health. Date & Time:  Sunday, February 12, from 5 – 6 p.m. Metta Yosemite is the place in Oakhurst, California, for yoga classes, sound bowls, and a magical metaphysical gift shop! It was ...

MADERA COUNTY — For the second consecutive year, Glacier High School Charter prevailed, making them the champions of the 41st Madera County Academic Decathlon. Glacier High will advance to the state competition March 24-26. They earned a score of 27,282.10 and will advance to the California Academic Decathlon and compete against the best teams in the state. Seven schools competed ...

OAKHURST — Get out your dancing shoes everyone, because the Sierra Senior Center is inviting you to a spaghetti dinner and a Valentine’s Dance! Parties at the Sierra Senior Center are always a blast so don’t miss out! We’ll see you there! Date & Time: Friday, February 10, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. The spaghetti dinner will be $5 for SSC ...

OAKHURST — You may have heard that there will be town hall style event on February 9th, to discuss “Recreation: Understanding Community Recreation in Eastern Madera.” We urge you all to make time to come to the Oakhurst Community Center for this important meeting. See map below. Date & Time: Thursday, February 9, at 5:30 p.m. Bring friends and fully ...

OAKHURST — Around 5:30 pm on February 2, 2023, a Madera County Sheriff’s Sergeant, on routine patrol, stopped a vehicle in the area of Highway 41 and Highway 49 in Oakhurst after the driver made an illegal lane change and nearly caused a collision. During the enforcement stop, dispatch advised the Sergeant that the driver, 32-year-old Maurice Snowden, had an ...

OAKHURST —  The Welcoming Committee of Visit Yosemite | Madera County has been known to act like animals, that’s because they are a wild cast of characters. This animated bunch has been welcoming visitors to Madera County since 2019, and their crew is growing! Meet Ranger, the California Mule Deer and mascot of North Fork, the geographic center of California and newest stop on the Fossils to ...

By Debby Carter, Sierra Historic Sites Association Sam Clark and his wife, Trudel, were fixtures in Oakhurst for many years. They both had very interesting pasts and loved to tell their stories. They were early members of the Sierra Historic Sites Association, and when Sam died his wife left a large collection of his things to the SHSA, which you ...