IN BRIEF …

Merced college now enrolling Enrollment is now open for Merced College summer classes. All classes are online. Many classes are CSU/UC transferrable. Five week classes last from May 26 to June 18. Six week classes last from June 22 to July 30. Seven week classes last from June 22 to Aug. 6. To learn more and find out how to […]

Permits will be required for burning in the county

The CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective at 8 a.m. Friday, May 1, all hazard reduction burning will require a CAL FIRE burn permit in Mariposa County. CAL FIRE MMU will accommodate Covid-19 social distancing. Permits will be available online by visiting burnpermit.fire.ca.gov. For those who do not have internet access, contact Mariposa Headquarters at (209) 966-3622. Property […]

Long pursuing local meat production



Numerous industries across the United States have been harmed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One which could also be hurt is the meat industry. During the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 21, supervisor Marshall Long said he has been focusing on how to help the meat industry in the area. “My main focus this past week has […]

Prescribed fires to be topic of May webinars

Do you have dead, dying or excess vegetation on your property? Would you like to protect your property from catastrophic wildfire? Used properly, prescribed fire can be used to improve the health and resiliency of both forest and rangeland, control weeds, increase species diversity, promote native species and reduce the smoke impact of wildfire. Whether you live in a mixed […]

It’s official: County supervisors rescind pay raise after petition drive

The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to rescind a pay raise which was supposed to increase each board member’s salary more than $30,000 a year. The board made the vote last week during a second reading regarding the issue. Just a few months ago, the supervisors voted to adopt an ordinance — Ordinance No. 1148 — to increase […]

STANDOUT SCHOOL

MCHS named a U.S. News & World Report Best High School


Ready for some good news during the Covid-19 pandemic? Here’s some: Mariposa County High School received a major honor last week. MCHS was named a 2020 Best High School, based on rankings that U.S. News & World Report published. U.S. News 2020 Best High Schools numerically ranked nearly 18,000 schools nationwide this year. MCHS, which serves close to 500 students, […]

Helping those in the trenches

Shown is Meghan Hendrickson, a physical therapist at John C. Fremont Hospital, wearing a mask made from a local project initiated by resident Helene Halcrow. Ginger Clark submitted this photo of Hendrickson. Volunteer mask makers are still being sought. Anyone interested in joining “Team Ginger” can contact Halcrow at (714) 974-6323 for the benefit of patients and healthcare workers at […]

School board made the right call on closing

FREE OUR VIEW

Although it was a difficult decision, the Mariposa County Unified School District made the right call last week. The district, by a unanimous vote of the school board, decided to close campuses for the rest of this school year. For some, the decision was a long time coming and many believed it should have been done much sooner. For others, […]

Political Cartoon

Where does it go? No one knows

FREE DISPATCHES FROM DENMARK

Editors’ note: Peter Krogh Andersen is a journalist and teacher from Denmark who brought a group of students to Mariposa last year. He has been covering the Covid-19 pandemic for this newspaper from his perspective in Denmark. I just got off the phone with a friend who is the editor of a Danish travel magazine that specializes in finding hidden […]