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. The Town Hall schedule for the rest of 2014 is the ...

EL PORTAL – Residents in the area of the El Portal fire are encouraged to attend a community briefing at 6 p.m. tonight – Monday, July 28 – at El Portal Elementary School. The current fire conditions will be presented. As of this morning, the fire is over 2,600 acres with 5% containment. Evacuations are still in effect. Over 700 ...

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Madera Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) plans to adopt an update to their Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP), which was originally prepared in 2008. The updated IRWMP was prepared in accordance with the State of California Department of Water Resources IRWMP Guidelines. The IRWMP includes groundwater, surface water, and flood control management objectives ...

NORTH FORK – Bored and young in North Fork? A group of local citizens wants to hear from young people about what they want in their community, and increase awareness of the many things that are already available. Everyone is invited to attend a town meeting on Wednesday, July 9, at 6 p.m. at the North Fork Library to discuss ...

CALIFORNIA – The California Highway Patrol is looking for a few good women, and will be hosting a “Women in Law Enforcement” seminar to reach out to those who are interested in “diversity, challenges and opportunities.” The CHP Central Division Recruitment Unit invites interested women to attend a seminar to learn how to become a part of their professional organization.

COARSEGOLD – District Attorney Michael Keitz will hold a Town Hall meeting to discuss with residents the investigation and prosecution of the recently concluded arson case. Two Coarsegold residents, Kenneth Jackson and Alice Waterman, were found guilty on Thursday, May 8, of 27 counts of arson committed during May and June of 2013.

COARSEGOLD – Supervisor Tom Wheeler will host the next in his series of Town Hall meetings in Coarsegold on Thursday, Apr. 24, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Coarsegold Community Center, 35540 Highway 41. Residents are invited to take this opportunity to get information and ask questions about issues affecting their community and Madera County. The agenda for ...

OAKHURST – Members of the charitable organization Helping One Woman (HOW) have announced their upcoming meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, Apr. 16 at El Cid Mexican Cuisine, starting at 6 p.m. The honoree for the evening is Nancy Fikkert, who is the proprietor of Tokens Gift and Thrift shop in Oakhurst.

NORTH FORK – The public will have a chance to share their experiences as customers of small rural telephone and internet services with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday, Apr. 17 at 4 p.m. at the North Fork Rancheria Community Center. The CPUC will be hosting a series of meetings to receive public comment on the California High ...

RAYMOND – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will be hosting another in his series of Town Hall meetings on Thursday, Mar. 20, this time in Raymond. Wheeler will be designating a portion of the meeting to a Raymond community discussion in order to learn more about the specific challenges and needs of this part of his district. Other meeting topics ...