Jill Ballinger/GAZETTE EDITOR
A bizarre road rage event on Tuesday escalated to a full-blown assault, and now Mariposa County Sheriff's deputies are looking for the suspect.
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Chamber director issues plea
Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kathy McCorry late yesterday issued this press release: More...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective Tuesday May 15, 2012 hazard reduction burning in Mariposa County below 3000 foot elevation will be restricted to night time More...
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Work continues on Highway 49 South at Ashworth Road, and delays may be significant this Friday. More...
Monday, May 14, 2012 - Around 11 a.m. this morning firefighters responded to an escaped controlled burn in the 4300 block of Highway 49 South. More...
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Less than 24 hours after the Pizza Factory and adjacent buildings burned to the ground, little remains of the previous edifice. More...
Jill Ballinger/GAZETTE EDITOR
The two people killed in unrelated accidents on Sunday have been identified. Neither of them are Mariposa residents. More...
Mop-up of devastating fire continues
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 6:15 a.m. More...
Blaze has not jumped across Fifth Street
Although a number of questions on the Gazette's Facebook page are asking if the fire has crossed Fifth Street to the Gold Coin and other buildings, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office has just confirmed that the blaze is being contained to just the More...
All structures being evacuated
A fire that started earlier this evening at the Pizza Factory in downtown is now engulfing and entire block in downtown Mariposa. More...
The El Portal Gas station is on schedule to reopen during the first part of July, according to the National Park Service. More...
EDUCATION CRISIS
By Jill Ballinger
GAZETTE EDITOR
The Mariposa County Unified School District has spent the better part of this spring in full crisis mode. The district’s most recent action again reduced the number of employees serving children. More...
AMGEN TOUR
By Erik Skindrud
GAZETTE REPORTER
The world’s best riders will pass through town next Wednesday when the Amgen Tour of California sends cyclists on a 130-mile Stage 4 from Sonora to Clovis. There are multiple ways to view the race. More...
Two people who may have thought they were doing something nice for someone landed themselves in Mariposa County Jail on May 5. More...
Pioneer Market recently added CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Mariposa County as a beneficiary of their receipt collection program. More...
The Mariposa County Pioneer Wagon Train and its board of directors has announced the upcoming 37th annual historic Wagon Train, with horseback riders and walkers, across the Sierra from Goat Meadow, near the south entrance to Yosemite, to one of the More...
The Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC) today spoke before the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) public hearing regarding a proposed onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) policy. More...
Friday, May 11 Books Galore! at the Mariposa County Library, sponsored by the Friends of the Library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...
Nadine Compton and family would like to thank everyone that was so helpful during the loss of her house. More...
We would like to thank the following agencies, businesses and organizations for their continued support of the Las Mariposas Civil War event held on April 20 through 22. More...
Mariposa FFA is sending a second team to national competition next fall. On May 5, the forestry team won the State FFA Forestry Contest at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. More...
By Jill Ballinger
GAZETTE EDITOR
“Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.”--Robert Fulguhm. More...
This week, the Gazette shines the spotlight on local animals that have stumbled into a bit of trouble. The theme is inspired by a harrowing tale told by Suzanne Grin of Usona Road. More...
‘Scenes on the Apron’
The Mariposa County High School Drama Club in partnership with the Academic Boosters Club will present “Scenes on the Apron” featuring special musical guest The Adam Burns Band. More...
Mariposa County 4-H invites all fourth through eighth grade children to come join the fun at Camp Tweety. The camp takes place from June 16 to 18 at Camp Pacifica in Ahwahnee. More...
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The Amgen Tour of California has passed through Mariposa County today, and it supporters continue to follow the tour to its end in Clovis. 
