Construction plans for the new John C. Fremont Hospital — if that is what it will be called — must be submitted to the state before the end of the year. Then, the wait begins. It could take six months ...

I cannot believe this column is dated on Christmas Day in 2025. Where in the hell did this year go? I know, each year, we ask ourselves the same question. But what I’ve noticed in recent times is just ...

At least some information has now surfaced about the financial status of The Alliance for Community Transformations. The Alliance has been in the spotlight in the past couple of months for various ...

More than $1.5 million in fire prevention grants have been awarded for Mariposa County. Sen. Marie Alvarado Gil made the announcement recently in a press release. The funds are coming from CAL FIRE.

Top, an estimated 216,307 acres in Mariposa County are under the Williamson Act. The vast majority is in the low lying foothills of Hornitos and Catheys Valley. Above, the total 2025 assessed value ...

A 1920s journalist interviewing Caroline Wenger. Submitted photo Recently, while wandering a back road above the village of Coulterville en route to Bower Cave, I was visited by fond childhood ...

Curtis and Angelica Vaughn leave the Mariposa County Superior Courthouse on Dec. 22 after they were arraigned on two felony counts of child abuse. It was a “carbon copy” of charges they faced in 2022.

Peyton Getty anticipates the play against Yosemite earlier this season. The Mariposa County Grizzlies boys basketball program has been making the most of the preseason this year. Having played just ...

The county’s purchase of a duplex in the town of Mariposa, with plans to turn it into a group home for the homeless, drug addicted and mentally ill, hit a snag last week as the Mariposa County Health ...

I read with interest the story of the man who filed a request for a restraining order against the local court bailiff because the bailiff grabbed his arm after the man did not heed the bailiff’s ...

Reader Daniel Ingram shot this photo of an eagle hanging out in a tree near Lake McSwain. Ingram reports the eagles do a much better job of fishing than does he and his son, though they have had some ...

I can say, without hesitation, that those of us who were opposed to the Multiple Pet Permit are pleased and gratified that the poorly drafted ordinance has been repealed by the board of supervisors.