You know, when you actually get out in the community, you meet the nicest people! Case in point: Dick and Teri Killingsworth. I met the Killingworths at the “Friday at Fresno Flats” event, held the second Friday of each month. Last Friday’s event on the Harlow Fire drew a standing-room-only crowd. About 80 people attended the event.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 – Former Honorary Mayor Rima Runtzel was involved in a traffic collision in Oakhurst early this afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, Rima was traveling South on Hwy 41 in the left hand lane approaching the stoplight at the intersection of Highways 41 & 49 when a red pickup pulled out of the McDonald’s parking lot, attempting to ...

Enjoy the Dave Henderson band this Saturday, July 21st, from 6:30 pm to 10 pm at the Queen’s Inn Wine Bar, 41139 Hwy 41 in Oakhurst. Cover charge is just $5. Sit by the firepit and listen to Dave while enjoying a worldwide selection of wine’s and beers! For more info call 683-4354.

When the Ferguson Rockslide buried a portion of Highway 140 some 6 years ago, the economic impact on Mariposa and the surrounding communities was devastating. Governor Jerry Brown has now signed Assembly Bill 1973, sponsored by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen, to allow the “incidental take of the limestone salamander.” The limestone salamander is a fully protected species under California law, and ...

Hearing that ‘ol train whistle echoing through the mountains at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad just never gets old. Guests at the melodrama “A Fastidious Finagling Fiasco Fixing Fresno Flats” were treated to a ride on the logger behind the Number 10 Shay locomotive as they made their way down to the Lewis Creek canyon for the latest performance ...

Centennial Committee of the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking items to be placed in a time capsule to mark the town’s centennial. “As we continue to celebrate this milestone, one of the events we have planned is a ceremony to bury a time capsule by the recently placed monument at Fresno Flats historic park,” said Sandy Brinley, chair ...

Just across Highway 49 from the rumored (and that would be false) Walmart/Target construction site just east of Kaiser, there’s a whole lot of building going on. Just in case you don’t know what it is (I looked for a sign and they weren’t sayin’) this is the new Oakhurst area office of the California Highway Patrol. The project, which ...

Oakhurst has been Oakhurst for 100 years in 2012, so the Fresno Flats folks want to make this September’s Heritage Days (Sept. 14 and 15) extra special.How?

A local family is in need of your help this weekend. Family and friends of Neal and Tara Jones of Goldside will be washing cars and hosting a rummage sale this weekend to help with the huge costs incurred due to their son Ethan’s medical challenges. In late 2010, Neal and Tara suffered the loss of their newborn son Nicholas. ...

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 LOS ANGELES — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that the Homeowner Bill of Rights, which will protect homeowners and borrowers during the mortgage and foreclosure process, was signed into law today by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. The Homeowner Bill of Rights prohibits a series of inherently unfair bank practices that have needlessly forced thousands ...