California is not one of the states currently experiencing an increase in cyclosporiasis cases, an intestinal illness caused ...

The 2026-27 Mariposa County Civil Grand Jury was seated last week at the courthouse. Mariposa County Judge Anita Starchman Bryant is shown in this photo giving the jury instructions just prior to the ...

Our beloved Twyla Jean Capurro was tragically killed in a work-related accident on April 14, 2026. The accident occurred in Knight’s Ferry at the Canyon Tunnel Project worksite. Twyla was 35 years old ...

With deep sorrow we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Marlene J. Wearin, who was born in Merced to Sylvester and Athalee Brown on Dec. 15, 1935, and transitioned out of this life on May 13, ...

The Mariposa County Unified School District’s Student Services Department has announced the development of new peer support programs. Next year, Mariposa County High School will roll out two new peer ...

On July eleventh, Jan Hamilton passed away peacefully at Pacifica Senior Living in Merced. Jan was born in Oakland, Calif., on March 16, 1934 to Elihu G. Mattoon, an actual 49er, who served as a ...

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Ray McPadden talks with hospitality and tourism leaders July 9, during a quarterly meeting of the Yosemite Gateway Partners. Photo by Tom Lyden Yosemite National ...

There appears to be little appetite for any kind of county-wide noise ordinance, as Mariposa County Supervisor Miles Menetrey quickly discovered last week. Menetrey floated the idea past the Mariposa ...

Thank you Sheriff Jeremy Briese and the hard-working deputies of the Mariposa County Sheriff’s office for your efforts to prevent illegal camping near the Idle Wheels Senior Mobile Home Park. The ...

It is incredible that we place the value of human life below making a visible change to our beautiful national park. I am speaking specifically of Yosemite and Nevada and Vernal falls. Every year we ...

Mariposa County Unified School District recently announced the appointment of Tracy Lingenfelter as the new principal of Woodland Elementary School. Lingenfelter brings more than 20 years of ...

Mount Dana rises above 13,000 on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park. Taylor Stanton started climbing Mount Dana before sunrise, moving by headlamp through the cold, thin air above Tioga Pass.