MADERA COUNTY – First responders were dispatched to the Central Camp area Saturday night after a 911 call about a car in the creek below the bridge near Whiskers Campground. It was reported that a vehicle had crashed through the guard rail and timbers on the bridge, and was lying on it’s top, wedged between two rocks in the granite ...

MADERA COUNTY – As the temperatures climb into triple digits in the valley, mountain area communities have established cooling centers for residents during times of extreme summer heat. Centers are generally closed on holidays unless otherwise indicated.

NORTH FORK – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler has rescheduled his North Fork Town Hall meeting, originally set for Thursday, July 31. The new date will be Thursday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. The location remains the same, the North Fork Rancheria Community Center, 56900 Kuhugib Road.

NORTH FORK – A head-on collision just west of Bass Fork Minit Mart has claimed the lives of both drivers. At about 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, emergency responders were dispatched to a scene on Road 200 near Road 221 about four miles west of North Fork.

NORTH FORK – The 55th Annual Mid-Sierra Logger’s Jamboree was a rousing success, which is great news for the kids who enjoy the Summer Youth Program funded by this event. Over 1,600 people attended the weekend’s competition, enjoying the cloud cover on Sunday which made finding a shady seat a breeze.

NORTH FORK – Quick thinking and some cool heads probably kept a structure fire in the Cascadel Woods area from turning into a disaster. Marie and Chris Iden were loading a bar-b-que into a pickup with the help of friend Simon Elman at about 1:35 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, when Simon’s ever-present scanner crackled to life with a report ...

NORTH FORK – Long-time North Fork resident Rikk Hansen has decades of experience helping people take the next step on their lifework path. This weekend, Hansen will hold a free workshop at the North Fork Studio, on Sunday, June 15, designed to “Reignite Lifework Purpose and Passion.”

NORTH FORK – Road 200 was closed for nearly 90 minutes on Monday, June 2, after a truck rolled over in front of the St. Joseph the Worker Church, about a mile outside of North Fork. At 8:39 p.m., Austin Kerns, 42, of North Fork was westbound in a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 flatbed pickup when he lost control due ...

Frank Gauthier’s background in law enforcement, the military and the private sector has provided him with experience he says is very unusual in politics, and uniquely qualifies him to be Sheriff of Madera County. Frank is an Air Force brat who was born in Germany in 1966, and raised in Madera County, where his father Milt was with the Sheriff’s ...

Submitted by a California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Ministry volunteer – You haven’t heard or seen it rain until you’ve experienced the thundering waterfall of a tropical downpour on a metal roof. You certainly don’t want to be in a tent or worse under that cascade. The rainy season is rapidly approaching in the Philippines and thousands of Filipinos are ...