OAKHURST – CHP is searching for a Jeep CJ-7 stolen from the McDonald’s parking lot in Oakhurst this morning around 9 a.m. The owner reportedly left his keys in the vehicle to run into a business, when someone jumped into the Jeep and drove away. The vehicle is described as a brown 1981 Jeep CJ-7, personalized license plate number CAEQUN1, ...

OAKHURST – Work is underway to rehabilitate 11 acres recently purchased by the Madera Cemetery District to expand the Oakhill Cemetery. The newly-purchased property is due west of the cemetery and runs along behind Napa Auto Parts, beside the Raley’s store, behind Grocery Outlet, and over to the Manna House.

OAKHURST – The Oakhurst Library will be hosting a presentation about the infamous Harlow Fire on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The most disastrous fire to strike the Madera and Mariposa Counties, the Harlow Fire of July, 1961, burned over 43,000 acres and destroyed the towns of Ahwahnee and Nipinnawasee. It was the fastest burning fire in ...

OAKHURST – Everything you always wanted to know about Grand Juries will be revealed on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Oakhurst Branch Library in the common room. Organizers plan to host local judges, the current District Attorney for Madera County, and other experts, for a presentation entitled, “What is the Grand Jury?”

OAKHURST – Prepare to be scared, warns the Oakhurst Mountain Lions Club, as they get ready to host their 7th annual Haunted House, aptly called “Screamfest.” The event takes places on Friday, Oct. 31 from 7 to 10 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at the former Blockbuster building in the Von’s shopping center, 40050 Highway 49 in ...

Submitted by Sarah Campbell, Band Mom OAKHURST – Yosemite High’s Badger Marching Band & Percussion is off to a fierce start this school year! The students have hardly taken a breath since the beginning of August.

OAKHURST – As we see in the news nearly every day, the importance of quick response in an emergency cannot be overstated. No one knows the critical need for timely service by highly trained and caring individuals better than the team at Sierra Ambulance, a nonprofit entity essential to the mountain community it has served so well for fifty years. ...

OAKHURST – The Lutz Apple Ranch will be open this week, Monday through Thursday, honoring the life of Paul Andrew Lutz, who loved tending the 750 apple trees on the property until his death in an accident on Sept. 27, at the age of 86. Friends and family, including his twin brother John, are working hard to finish out the ...

OAKHURST – This month the local charitible organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will help many. The ladies of HOW will gather on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Hitching Post for a fun evening set to benefit fire stations in Oakhurst, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, and Cedar Valley.

OAKHURST – On Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m., Barbara Ulman will play a piano recital in the Oakhurst Library. She will perform music from the Baroque to the present, concentrating on short compositions with lyrical and romantic melodies. Featured composers are Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven (including the well-known first movement of the “Moonlight” Sonata) Brahms, Chopin, Debussy (including “Clair ...