North Fork News

Fifth District Supervisor Tom Wheeler, who will become chairman of the Madera County Board of Supervisors in a swearing-in ceremony Jan.

Here's the big question: If four police officers are drinking alcohol at several locations, and two or three officers try to prevent the fourth from driving, how did the other officers get home? I want to know and I demand a truthful answer! Michael Cycon 'Making a difference' 'Making a difference' I'd like to commend Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer ...

The budget crunch has hit the Madera County Library, which will look to save revenues by closing branches during the holidays.

A local group is following their hearts and God to help community members in need, or alone, on Christmas Eve.

"We've seen numbers we've never seen before in November. It's a direct function of the economy.

A 58-year-old North Fork man was booked on suspicion of drug and weapons charges Tuesday night after deputies checking on a noisy generator discovered a trailer full of contraband, Madera County Sheriff's Department said.

A noisy generator has landed a North Fork man behind bars. Complaints about that noisy generator led Madera County Sheriff's deputies to a pair of trailers parked on a property along Tu Nobi Way Tuesday night.

Coarsegold Elementary will hold a clinic from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 19. A room generally used for furthering knowledge was used for furthering health Saturday, as the library at Oakhurst Elementary School was converted to a flu nasal mist clinic.

A proposal to eliminate the stocking of non-native fish in several waterways and one reservoir in Tuolumne County to protect endangered amphibians has the county Board of Supervisors riled.

In the rural, low-income community of Fairmead about 10 miles north of Madera, some 800 people rely on a decades-old water pump that could fail at any moment.

Squirrel Cage Theatre Company will bring music, family fun and food to the Mountain Area with its annual "Fall Follies" dinner show Friday and Saturday at North Fork Town Hall.

Called an "uncommon man" by his daughter-in-law Kay Beattie in her book about him, George William Beattie made a difference wherever he went.

William "Bill" Howard Harrison, Fortuna, passed away on Oct. 7 at St. Luke's Manor in Fortuna.

Environmental regulators are accusing a California developer of violating federal clean water laws during the early phases of construction at a stalled housing subdivision in central Idaho.

Mountain deputies are investigating a wave of overnight mailbox bashing in the North Fork area.

If after the blazing days of summer, fall's cooler weather puts you in a contemplative mood, then a roving look into our county's history might be a good way to wile away an approaching weekend.

Plumas County's only wilderness area will be honored Saturday when the Bucks Lake Wilderness celebrates its 25th anniversary.

This week at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, a rare occurrence: Two Tony-Award winning Broadway stars appear in adjacent venues.

A North Fork artist who is part of this weekend's Sierra Art Trails is master boat builder Jim Crockett.

The North Fork Community Mural Committee is working on a second project across the street from Gas 'N Stuff.