MADERA COUNTY— The Madera County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reports that shortly before 11:30am on June 19, 2024, their Communications Center received an emergency call reporting an unresponsive female in the water near Angel Falls. Search and Rescue teams, along with USFS, Madera County Fire & CALFire, Sierra Ambulance, and the CHP H-40 helicopter responded to the area. During the operation, ...
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Alert: Search and Rescue Lewis Creek
CEDAR VALLEY–The Madera County Sheriff’s Department emergency personnel are currently responding to a search and rescue call in the area of Lewis Creek. Please use caution while rescue and emergency crews are working, and avoid the area if possible. We will update this article when more information is available. UPDATE More information is available in our article published here.
Read More »Alert: Search and Rescue Angel Falls
BASS LAKE–The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has announced that emergency personnel are currently responding to a search and rescue call in the area of Angel Falls. You can expect large numbers of personnel and equipment. Please use caution while rescue and emergency crews are working, and avoid the area if possible. We will update this article when more information is ...
Read More »Alert: Civil Air Patrol Exercise this Weekend
MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES–The Madera County Sheriff’s Office would like to advise the public that the Civil Air Patrol division of the US Air Force will conduct an exercise in our area this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (5/31-6/2). They will be based on Road 426 and fly over our mountain area and parts of Mariposa County. You can expect to see a ...
Read More »Alert: Law Enforcement Activity at Bass Lake
BASS LAKE–The Madera County Sheriff’s Department has issued an alert that The Madera County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team and Investigations Unit are currently serving a search warrant in the 40000 block of Saddleback Road in Bass Lake. Please use caution while law enforcement personnel are in the area. We will update this article when more information is available.
Read More »The Future of Safety: Madera Sheriff’s New App
MADERA COUNTY–Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue is excited to announce the release of a custom smartphone application. The app will serve as an innovative way for the Sheriff’s Office to connect with Madera County residents and visitors, providing information quickly and efficiently to anyone with a smartphone. In just a few clicks, users can access features such as: ● Sheriff’s ...
Read More »Alert: Law Enforcement Activity in Oakhurst
OAKHURST–Shortly after 7:30 am this morning, April 4, 2024, The Madera County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert stating they were involved in law enforcement activity near Oakhurst. The alert stated, “The Madera Sheriff’s Office is currently assisting the Office of Homeland Security with a search warrant in the 30000 block of Road 425B in Oakhurst.” They continued, “There is no ...
Read More »Madera County Sheriff Launches Service Update Messaging
MADERA COUNTY–The Madera County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is pleased to announce it will be introducing a new messaging service to better communicate with and serve people needing law enforcement or emergency services. MCSO is partnering with Versaterm Public Safety to utilize SPIDR Tech, a digital customer service engagement tool. The tools design is to keep crime victims, reporting parties, and ...
Read More »Madera County Elections Office Prepares for Storm & Voting
MADERA COUNTY–After consulting with Madera County Office of Emergency Services and the National Weather Service, the Madera County Registrar of Voters, Rebecca Martinez, is preparing for extreme weather in the Eastern Madera County areas that could interrupt voting over the weekend and week. “Voting by mail is still the most efficient, secure and safe way to vote,” explained Martinez. “In ...
Read More »Atmospheric River Set to Hit Us Hard
MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—The National Weather Service Hanford Office is predicting a powerful atmospheric river driven storm will bring strong and damaging winds, excessive rainfall, and up to 6 feet of new snow to our communities over the next few days. A Wind Advisory for the San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Foothills, and the Coastal Range will begin tonight (Saturday, February 3) at ...
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