AHWAHNEE – The woman who died in a crash on Highway 49 yesterday morning has been identified by the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. Heather Dame, 43, of Ahwahnee, died when her pickup apparently skidded on black ice and veered into oncoming traffic. The accident happened at 9:34 a.m. just north of Oakhurst near Vista Del Rio Drive. The investigation is ...

OAKHURST – Every day our first responders provide aid and comfort to people who may be going through the worst experience of their lives. But after pulling someone from a burning building or cutting them out of a horrific wreck, as in this case, they rarely get to learn what became of those whose lives they helped to save. Today, ...

MADERA COUNTY – Two people killed in a head-on collision on Highway 145 yesterday have been identified by the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. Heidi Vanzeyl, 53, of Coarsegold, was the right-front passenger the gray Ford Fusion involved in the crash. The driver of the Ford, Sasha Watson, 27, of Coarsegold, was passing in an unsafe manner, witnesses told CHP, and ...

MADERA COUNTY – Two people are dead and three others injured after a head-on collision on Highway 145 this morning. At 10:41 a.m., CHP and Cal Fire responded to reports of a two-vehicle accident just west of Highway 41. According to CHP, witnesses reported that the female driver of a gray Ford Fusion had been passing several lines of cars ...

YOSEMITE – A young man visiting from Israel died when he fell from the top of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Tomer Frankfurter of Jerusalem was killed when he fell about 500 feet. They have ruled the fall an accident. Yosemite officials are still investigating the incident and ...