North Fork News

Authorities this week eradicated more than 9,000 marijuana plants on U.S. Forest Service land in Madera County, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said.

Naked mannequins huddle in one corner of the store, Christmas trees are for sale in another, and piles of Oriental rugs are 80 percent off.

Lake Kaweah - The water level is coming down slow. Bass are biting good on plastics.

Madera County narcotics authorities announced on Monday that they had destroyed more than $36 million worth of pot plants in North Fork.

The search for the body of an Exeter man who presumably drowned in Sequoia National Forest last month may not resume for weeks because of raging waters in Madera County's Chiquito Creek, authorities said Monday.

Authorities in Madera County said it may be weeks before the raging waters of Chiquito Creek calm enough to search for the body of an Iraq War veteran from Exeter who apparently drowned there two weeks ago.

Madera County narcotics officers pulled more than 12,000 marijuana plants on U.S. Forest Service land and private property near North Fork on Monday.

Crews near North Fork will once again resume recovery operations for a man they say, fell into a creek over the weekend.

North Fork will have a new volunteer fire station, thanks to an agreement by the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians, the North Fork Community Development Council and Madera County.

Edmund Kemper also known as Edmund Emil Kemper III was a serial killer from California, United States of America in the early 1970s.

Campgrounds are opening in the mountains this weekend - just in time for the start of California's stream-fishing season.

For runs on the California Salmon, the North Fork American and the East Fork Carson: now through early June.

Rest up this weekend. As you can see over to your left, there are some swell things to do, but it's nothing compared to next weekend.

Here is American Rivers' list of the nation's 10 most endangered rivers: 1. Sacramento-San Joaquin river system, California.

California's two longest rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin, were named the country's most endangered waterways by an environmental advocacy group that considers them threatened by outdated water management and poor flood planning.

Madera County Sheriff's Deputies have assisted in arresting nine people during a multi-agency parole and probation sweep of the areas of Coarsegold, Oakhurst, North Fork and Bass Lake.

With reduced violence in Iraq and a new president at the helm, the U.S. anti-war movement isn't as fervent as it was two or three years ago.

Nine people were taken into custody -- eight on drug-related charges -- during a sweep Thursday night by Madera County Sheriff's deputies near Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Oakhurst and North Fork.

John Schmechel from Sonora, California, Ross Pekinpah from North Fork, California, Megan Timoney from Eden, Utah, Eric Heyn from Eureka, Montana, Jay Esperance from Caspar, Wyoming and Robert 'Buck' Silva from ...

A Madera County couple has returned from vacation to find their home burglarized.