Back in 2007, when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger desperately cast about for ways to cut the deficit-ridden state budget, he suddenly...

It was shocking to learn this week, through a U.S. Forest Service news release, that the Southern Sierra Nevada has a dead-tree count of...

Busy weekend expected at park The National Park Service will be working doubly hard this weekend, both to host President Obama and his...

Welcome, President Obama and family, to Madera County and Yosemite National Park. Not only is the first family taking a vacation, Obama...

In order to combat a coming heat wave in the San Joaquin Valley, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office has opened a series of cooling...

Editor’s note: Leon Emo, who died May 13, wrote a monthly feature, “Mo’s Meanderings,” which discussed places he had visited far and...

Visitors advised severe traffic congestion expected Yosemite National Park anticipates an extremely busy Memorial Day weekend with heavy...

CLOVIS — Memorial Day may be near but the opening of a minority of Sierra National Forest campgrounds is not, due to an unprecedented...