As workers return to Yosemite National Park after the federal government shutdown there is a foreboding sense of more trouble to come. Park employees still worry about a so-called Reduction in Force ...

Dora Mae Demorest King Rotondo passed away at the age of 100 on Nov. 6, 2025, in Rapid City, S.D. Dora was born on April 9, 1925, in Tacoma, Wash., to Howard and Mabel Demorest. She lived in Tacoma ...

Rhonda Lynn Turner-Shackleton, of Catheys Valley, passed away peacefully on Nov. 5, 2025 at the age of 64. Rhonda was born in Yosemite Valley, Calif., on Feb. 10, 1961, to “Dee” Dolores J. (Turner) ...

I’ve had some interesting conversations over the past, well, several years actually, about what’s up with various organizations in Mariposa County. Just last week we reported a story about what ...

https://youtu.be/PngbtwEL3BE?si=2stweqSvLXWsnWUh Just hours before last Friday night’s heartbreaking loss for the Mariposa County High School football team in the ...

Inside this week’s edition is our annual salute to area veterans and what they have meant to the country. The edition features several area veterans, important information and more.

Nowhere in the mountain area is theater better represented than here in the town of Mariposa. I refer neither to the Arts Council, nor to our worthy high school theater. Instead, I refer to the dark ...

Sheldon Ball and his daughter, Allison, are shown in this photo from the Honor Flight they recently took to Washington. A Mariposa County man was a recent participant in the Honor Flight program ...

Chase Pometta looks on as Hayden Hill and Austin Battles warm up before the Grizzlies first game against the Yosemite Badgers this season. Photo by Amanda White Sometimes a little bit of change is all ...

A multi-million dollar organization that seeks to help people in distress has dissension in the ranks. The Alliance for Community Transformations, which operates multiple programs to assist people ...

Madison Bull, a recent graduate of Mariposa County High School and a Fresno State University architectural studies honor student in the Lyles College of Engineering, gave a presentation at the high ...

Even though she is no longer with us, Ruth Sellers will be remembered and missed by many. During the time that she was active in county politics she attracted a following of many locals who were ...