OAKHURST – If you live in the foothills, you probably have great stories about animal sightings in the local wilderness, or perhaps some creature great or small has run the gauntlet and turned up inside your own abode. Now, here’s a chance to learn more about those two and four legged (or no-legged) critters we’ve all come to know and ...

OAKHURST – Hinds Hospice Center for Grief and Healing has announced the Foothill Region Grief Support Group, starting in September, for those grieving the death of a loved one. Twelve sessions of the grief support group will start on Tuesday, Sept. 30, and run on Tuesdays through Jan. 6, 2015, except for holidays.

OAKHURST – A San Diego woman, who is known to spend time in both Wawona and Oakhurst, is behind bars facing assault charges, but not before being assaulted herself. Rebecca Renee Simmons, 46, was taken into custody this morning at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. She was rescued from inside a structure at a mini storage facility located on ...

OAKHURST – Yosemite High School Badger Band and Percussion has a new leader as they march into the 2014-15 school year. Long-time YHS band instructor Randy Hyatt retired in June and officially handed the baton over to Francisco Marquez, an educator and conductor who graduated college Magna Cum Laude with a degree in music education. At any given time, Marquez ...

Submitted by Robin Ward OAKHURST – The Yosemite Colts Baseball team ended its 2014 baseball season with James Gillaspy managing the team along with coaches Mike Howell and Cody Walden. The team has traveled as far down the state of California as Kingsburg, and as high up as Pismo beach.

OAKHURST – Branches Books and Gifts will host author Andrew J. Stillman on Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Stillman is a 2007 graduate of Yosemite High School who will be signing his novel, Immortality Awaits: The Objects of Inwit, Book One.

OAKHURST – Opera lovers and others looking for a cultural treat that is appropriately relaxed for summer while being simultaneously free of charge, here’s a good bet. Two area students, Jocelyn Boe and Hunter Murphy, performed last weekend with Cal Opera, sponsored by the California Opera Association (COA) at the Fresno Art Museum (FAM), and plans are set for them ...

OAKHURST – Sierra Tel has announced its Keynote Speaker for the 2014 Patriot Day Remembrance event, and now invites the public to attend ceremonies at a new location on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. This year, Patriot Day will be held at Oakhurst Community Park. Ceremonies begin at 9 a.m., and Keynote Speaker is World War II Veteran Bill Bastian, 92.

OAKHURST – Are you ready to stomp your feet, clap your hands, and sing along with the Yosemite Jazz Band? They’re entertaining at the Pizza Factory in Oakhurst on Thursday nights, now through September, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The band whose repertoire includes a mix of Dixieland, early swing, gospel, and traditional jazz is now celebrating 20 years in ...

OAKHURST – The Oakhurst Library will host a talk on birds, to be presented by Audubon member, John K. Cross. The program is known as “Birds at our Beak and Caw;” and John will present to the public on Saturday, Aug. 9th, at 10:30 a.m. in the Oakhurst Library Community Room.