OAKHURST – Yosemite High School students were the grateful recipients of more that $112,500 in awards as they were recognized at the YHS Community Awards night on May 5. Here’s a complete list of sponsors and recipients. Congratulations!

BASS LAKE -The quick action of three passing motorists may have saved the life of a North Fork woman who crashed into the Willow Creek canyon this morning. At about 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6, Sophia Ruiz, 18, was westbound on Road 274 approaching the bridge at Willow Creek when she lost control on the wet road.

NORTH FORK – The driver of a Ford Ranger pickup escaped without injury this evening after rolling his truck near the bridge at Fine Gold Creek. Alec Connor, 20, of Coarsegold, was headed south on Road 200 just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, Apr. 20. According to CHP, just after crossing the bridge, the driver said he slid in some ...

Submitted by Burt Stalter, Bass Lake Ranger District Battalion Chief NORTH FORK – The Sierra National Forest Bass Lake Ranger District will be igniting a prescribed burn on the Source Kinsman Fuels Project starting on Monday, Apr. 14 with a test burn, and continuing with the remainder of the burn unit on Tuesday or Wednesday depending on weather conditions. This ...

EASTERN MADERA COUNTY – The Coarsegold Historical Society is offering a new tour exploring the local area and its history. On May 17 and again on Sept. 20, The Willow Creek History Tour will explore the Willow Creek area near North Fork and Bass Lake, led by Marcia Penner Freedman, author of Willow Creek History – Tales of Cow Camps, ...

YOSEMITE – Yosemite Renaissance is celebrating its 29th year with an exhibit of 49 paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by 45 artists. Drawn from over 700 entries, this year’s exhibit includes a broad range of works from the representational to the abstract, all interpreting the majesty of Yosemite and the Sierra.

NORTH FORK – Though the new North Fork Volunteer Fire Station #11 is up and running after years of hard work and fundraising, the NFVFD Auxiliary continues the task of ensuring local firefighters have everything they need to do the job. This week the Auxiliary took delivery of an Argus Mi-TIC Thermal Imaging Camera, replacing a unit that is nearly ...

NORTH FORK – A drive home from Atascadero ended with a trip to the hospital for a North Fork woman on Saturday. Just after 1 p.m. on Feb. 1, Delores Haddon, 75, was just a mile or two from home when she crashed her nearly-new Subaru Outback in front of Hillside Baptist Church. But luck was actually on her side.

NORTH FORK – A collision on Auberry Road (Road 222) near Corrine Lake Road, about five miles east of North Fork, injured four and stopped traffic in both directions for over an hour this afternoon. At 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, Nicole Bratton, 28, of Clovis, was eastbound on Road 222 in a 1997 Chevy Z71 pickup. There were ...

After a lengthy battle with depression, Carolinda Bybee passed away in January of 2014. She was 34 years old. Carolinda was born in Mountain View, CA, on November 10, 1979. Her family moved to North Fork in 1985, where she lived most of her life other than a few more years in the Mountain View area. She graduated from Sierra ...