Oakhurst News

With losers of a December Chukchansi tribal council election still seated at the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, election winners have met with Bureau of Indian Affairs in hopes the agency will recognize their body as the true tribal council based off results of the Dec.

A new Oakhurst Lions Club will hold its Charter Night Celebration at 5 p.m., Feb.

The tour will make a stop in Clovis on May 16th. It will be the end of Stage 4, which starts in Sonora.

With Valentine's Day coming up, some restaurants are playfully trying to get you in the mood for love by serving meals with ingredients that are aphrodisiacs.

Two men were arrested Friday on suspicion of possessing drugs for sale and being under the influence of drugs in Ivanhoe, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

Money gathered will go to the Semper Fi Delis Fund which helps Chance and his family pay for medical and personal expenses.

The 31-year-old man was arrested after he called the sheriff's department saying he got drunk on Saturday night and assaulted a child at a home in North Fork, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

An afternoon of tea and theater served to raise about $1,500 for a section of a two-acre garden at Madera Community College Center.

A Fresno man arrested Saturday remains behind bars in Madera County - accused of trying to cash a stolen check in an Oakhurst bank.

Deputy Sheriff Paul Chetwood saw 32-year-old Scott James Guthrie jaywalking through a busy intersection on Highway 49 between Raley's and Vons shopping centers shortly before 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

As the rain fell outside, a full house at the North Fork Town Hall gave a standing ovation to Vince and Ginny Smith as they were named the 2011 Citizens of the Year.

Three Ritz-Carlton hotels and five Northern California restaurants won "Five Diamond" awards from AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah.

The Madera Local Agency Formation Commission is hosting a public workshop Thursday for Oakhurst residents to voice their opinions on water, sewer, road maintenance and other services in their community.

A 17-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 20-year-old North Fork woman Monday night at a camp site near Bass Lake, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said today.

A 17-year-old North Fork girl is facing assault charges following a stabbing during a booze fest at a campsite off Beasore Road near Bass Lake late Monday night.