OAKHURST — Oakhurst Lutheran Church is holding a fund-raising BBQ dinner to benefit Mountain Crisis Services in Mariposa. The dinner will include a half-pound of smoked beef brisket, corn pudding, BBQ pasta salad, and dessert. Diners have their choice to either dine in or to drive through and pick up their meals. This is a great deal for such a ...

By UCCE Master Gardener, Christina Oborn. The just-concluded Coulterville Heritage Rose Tour in North County is a good time to remind us South County folks that we too have this tangible link to pioneer history. Mariposa County’s legacy roses have been found in abandoned homesteads, next to old miner’s cabins and ranch homes, on town historic home sites and empty ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — – Survivors with losses caused by the severe storms, floods, landslides and mudslides that began February 21, 2023, have less than 30 days left to register for federal disaster assistance. The deadline to apply for assistance is Monday, June 5, 2023. Disaster assistance is available to eligible individuals and households in the disaster-designated counties of:  Kern Madera ...

MARIPOSA–The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that officers responded to a call for suspicious circumstances that quickly turned into a critical incident at the Creekside Terrace Apartments on Sunday, May 7th, 2023, during the midnight hour. Upon arrival at the location, deputies found an adult victim who had been stabbed. The victim had one deep puncture wound to his ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — Madera, Mendocino and Mono counties were added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding that began on February 21, 2023.  They join the counties previously designated for Individual Assistance: Kern, Mariposa, Monterey, San Benito, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz, Tulare and Tuolumne. In addition, Amador, Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Inyo, Madera, Modoc, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz counties are now eligible for FEMA’s Public ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has the following operations scheduled next week in Mariposa County. State Route 49 • One-way traffic control from Harris Road to Kimbell Road near Mariposa for utility work from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. • One-way traffic control from the West Fork Chowchilla River to Bootjack ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has the following operations scheduled on State Route 140 next week in Mariposa County. Route 140 • Full highway closure from Fifth Street to Route 140 North in Mariposa for a special event from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2023. • One-way traffic control from Colorado Road ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES–California residents who applied for assistance from The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the recent severe storms and flooding will receive a determination letter from FEMA. It may say you are ineligible for assistance, but that is not a denial. Applicants are given a reason for their ineligibility and told what they need to do to appeal the ...

Mariposa County Receives Federal Assistance along with Two Recovery Centers for Recent Disasters MARIPOSA COUNTY–Mariposa County has been approved for a variety of federal assistance programs to support recovery from the Oak Fire, Late December 2022 Winter Storms, and February/March 2023 Winter Storms. The different declared disasters have different approved assistance. Oak Fire and Late December 2022 Winter Storms Mariposa ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has the following work scheduled on State Routes 49 and 140 next week in Mariposa County. Route 49 • One-way traffic control from Drunken Gulch Road to Bagby Recreation Area for geotechnical work beginning Sunday, April 23, through Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. • One-way traffic ...