Raising the roof at Fresno Flats



Thanks to a successful fundraising plan and a lot of hard work, the Taylor Log Cabin at Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park in Oakhurst is sporting a new roof just in time for spring. The rare 19th century building, once hidden and then rediscovered in 1980, is believed to be the only surviving example of a once-common architectural style […]

Swengel graduates from law enforcement course

The Madera County Sheriff ’s Office announced this week that Sergeant Darrell Swengel graduated from the Sherman Block Leadership Institute as part of Class #457. The Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute (SBSLI) is a program designed to stimulate personal growth, leadership and ethical decision making in California law enforcement front-line supervisors. It’s an intensive eight-month class based on experiential learning […]

Transportation board seeks public comments

Here’s a chance to make a difference in the community when it comes to public transportation, and all you have to do is give your opinion. The Madera County Transportation Commission invites the community to provide comments on public transit needs in Madera County for the Social Services Transportation Advisory Council to review. Comments must be submitted in writing for […]

How running can improve everything, including midlife

ROOM TO ROAM

Before the big race, my teammates and I huddled, stacked our hands and screamed like the pumped-up teenagers we were. Castro Valley High’s boys cross country team had an eight-year championship streak on the line in 1985, providing us abundant motivation and pressure to win our league meet. Though we ran our hearts out, rival San Leandro beat us by […]

Tourism bureau donates sponsorships to eleven local organizations



Sharing the generosity with local community organizations, the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau gave out sponsorships on March 16 from half of the $50,000 it received from the county. The county did not provide the tourism bureau with its regular $500,000 funding for the year, “but was able to support the tourism bureau with $50,000,” according to the Yosemite Mariposa […]

JCF Ewing residents now fully vaccinated

As Mariposa County moved to the less restrictive Covid-19 orange tier and with hope to move to yellow by the end of the month or early April, John C. Fremont Healthcare District’s Director of the Ewing Wing, Katrina Anderson, shares her Covid-19 concerns for her residents and what the Ewing Wing looks like going forward with residents now all fully […]

Solar panels may be used along state’s aqueduct system

A new study coauthored by Distinguished Professor of Engineering Roger Bales — in collaboration with UC Water and UC Santa Cruz — published in the journal Nature Sustainability reports that covering the 4,000 miles of California’s open canals with solar panels could reduce evaporation and save upwards of 63 billion gallons of water annually, while providing approximately 13 gigawatts of […]

Briceburg area getting remote power grid system in local test project

PG&E and project developer BoxPower.io recently began construction on the Briceburg Remote Grid, with the box container and solar array arriving this week. PG&E anticipates the system will be completed and online in April. As is detailed in PG&E’s 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan, a Standalone Power System (SPS), or remote grid, is a new utility service concept that PG&E is […]

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