NORTH FORK – Chawanakee Unified is one of 547 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 + on AP Exams. The year 2014 is a ...

OAKHURST – Yosemite High School has announced their incoming head baseball coach for the upcoming 2014-15 spring season, and the man may be new, but he’s an old friend to the team: Bob Siebenberg.

OAKHURST – Now in its 21st year, Free Dentistry Day in Oakhurst comes along with a little help from a friend in the form of a local high school student who is assisting the dentists’ office in planning the event. On Friday, December 5, from 8 a.m. to noon, Dr. Rodney Peter, Dr. Dennis Jones, Dr. Bob Brosi, Dr. Ryan ...

COARSEGOLD – Meagan Rich has been comfortable in the kitchen since she was just a little kid. Now 13, the clever chef has created a recipe for ravioli that could turn out to be worth a whopping $45,000. That’s comfortable! The Rivergold 8th grader is one of 25 finalists nationwide in the Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest, a competition for young ...

OAKHURST – If there’s one lesson our recent summer of fires taught us, it’s that the mountain community will rise up to support its own in the face of disaster compounded by catastrophe. On that Sunday in September when the Courtney Fire hit, 8th grader Dakota Klaproth grabbed some clothes and her backpack before the home she shared with her ...

OAKHURST – Welcome to Band Notes, where you can keep up to date with our mountain area’s award winning Yosemite High School Badger Marching Band & Percussion! Our Badger musicians have had an exhausting but exciting fall schedule.

O’NEALS – Holidays roll around again and for many the season doesn’t bring up cheerful feelings about sleigh bells and glistening snow. Instead, we can be reminded of family and friends serving in the military who are far away. We may remember those who won’t come home at all, for the worst possible reason. Here’s one possible way to bridge ...

OAKHURST – Perfecto! Starting Saturday, Nov. 15 and continuing every other weekend, two Yosemite High School students will lead a beginning Spanish class for kids at the Children’s Museum of the Sierra. Classes are 45 minutes long and run from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. The teens who will be devoting their Saturdays to teaching are hoping to spread the ...

OAKHURST – “I want to introduce all of you to the 2014 D-II CIF Central Section Champions,” says Yosemite High School coach Rusty Oetinger following the team’s recent win. “I am so proud of my girls.” Yosemite Badgers girls golf took home the top honors on Monday, Oct. 27 for division championship at Madera Golf & Country Club.

OAKHURST – Looking for preschool or know someone who is? The Sierra Children’s Preschool Program at Oakhurst Elementary School (OES) is expanding, and administrators are excited to announce the addition of a second session for qualified preschool students. The program will begin Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, and run Monday through Friday from 12:15 – 3:15 p.m., until June 10, 2015. ...