NORTH FORK – The Sierra Mono Museum invites one and all to share in a celebration of heritage and culture at the 44th Annual Indian Fair Days & Pow Wow, held this year on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 – 24, at the North Fork Recreation Center.

NORTH FORK – Two Sheriff’s deputies working the French Fire, broke free from their patrol duties this morning to render aid to a woman who had just given birth in a parking lot on Road 200 in North Fork. At around 10:20 a.m on Thursday, July 31, FOX 26 (KMPH, Fresno) contacted the Madera County Sheriff’s Office asking them to ...

OAKHURST – A fire in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park this morning may have spread into the surrounding vegetation and nearby homes were it not for the quick response of firefighters. At about 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, a fire was reported in a double-wide mobile home on the lower level of the park located at 41941 Road 222.

The Sierra National Forest – The Bass Lake Ranger District invites nature lovers residing in the North Fork/Oakhurst/Mariposa area to become part of the incredible 2024 reforestation effort. The amazing spring reforestation program will see contract crews planting an astounding 750 acres. The reforestation program aims to rejuvenate areas affected by the 2014 French/2020 Creek Fires. A staggering total of ...

CLOVIS—The Sierra National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger District, is set to begin its 2023 reforestation program. During the next two months, contract crews will be planting approximately 1000 acres focusing on areas of the 2014 French/2020 Creek Fires. Approximately 200 to 260 seedlings per acre will be planted, totaling up to 230,000 in the district during this period. Openings will ...

11/24/2022 @ 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm - The Narrow Gauge Inn Yosemite Will be hosting two Thanksgiving day meals. Join us at the new Aroma Tavern at Buffalo Bar 3PM - 5PM 6PM - 8PM Please help us welcome Chef Doris all the way from Maine! She will be backed up by the Executive Chef from Kit Carson Lodge, Mr. Herbey Bustamante! [...]

FISH CAMP —  Narrow Gauge Inn is excited to present to you the Thanksgiving Dinner at the Aroma Tavern at the Narrow Gauge Inn Dining Hall. They have been graced with the presence of Executive Chef Doris Rodriguez, coming to them from Maine, bringing her Cuban flare to our beautiful mountains near Yosemite. Chef Doris is adamant about bringing Narrow ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The 51st Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Awards were presented Saturday evening, June 11, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The EMMY® Award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The Northern California Area EMMY Awards encompasses TV stations and production companies in the Fresno-Visalia, San ...

By Sal Maccarone It is always entertaining to try and imagine what the world will be like a century from now. Even though it is impossible to fully comprehend what the future has to hold, we need only to look at the strides taken during the past one hundred years to get some clues. For instance, my grandparents were born ...

By Sal Maccarone It is fascinating once realized how the discovery of gold here in California had such a profound impact worldwide. For instance, as a direct result of the 1849 gold rush, leaders in this country began thinking more seriously about connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This of course was to facilitate commerce by moving goods, (and people), ...