Columnists and Reporters

Home among the giants

Brenda Negley holds a photo of her grandparents, John and Marge Hawksworth, who were campground hosts at Nelder Grove for 20 years. Negley is pictured with Reid and Adele Marks, who were campground hosts at Nelder Grove for a number of years and helped Negley create an interpretive guide for the Nelder Grove area.

Home to Brenda Negley is living in the midst of towering Giant Sequoias every summer at Nelder Grove above Oakhurst

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Olympic Hopefuls

Cheyenne Coffman used to swim in the Yosemite High School pool, competing against the Badgers when she lived in Prather and was a member of the Sierra High swim team. She was named the North Sequoia League MVP swimmer four times. She also played water pol
BRIAN WILKINSON

Clean Sweep

The shores of Bass Lake were a lot cleaner last Saturday after nearly 70 volunteers participated in the 15th Annual Bass Lake Spring Clean. More than 150 large plastic bags of trash was collected between 9 a.m. and noon and brought to Recreation Point at
TONY KRIZAN

Springtime in Death Valley

April is here and it's time to gather up my hiking and camping gear for another trip to Death Valley. Last year the hiking adventures were great, but the gusting winds of over 45 m.p.h. made time around our campsite to relax impossible.
DR. BILL ATWOOD

Don't kill the messenger

During ancient times when the messenger brought bad news to the emperor, the messenger was killed by being thrown over a cliff. That is where the phrase, "Don't kill the messenger" originated. During the past few years the folks who keep ca
CATHIE CAMPBELL

Raspberries lure us in

If there is one thing that lures me in like a moth to a flame, it's delicious, sweet, fresh fruit, especially berries of any sort. And luckily, fruit is full of rewards, unlike that flame the moth flew into. I have been seeing a lot of fresh raspberr
TIFFANY TUELL

Hotshots kick-off season with family

Family members gathered at Batterson Fire Station -- home to the U.S. Forest Service Sierra Hotshot crew -- above Oakhurst last week for the 13th Annual Family Day. The event kicks-off the beginning of fire season and allows family members to get a glimps
BRIAN WILKINSON

Ending the year on a high note

Toes were tapping and hands were clapping throughout the The Yosemite High School Music Department's free "End of the Year Concert" May 9 in the school's cafeteria.
BRIAN WILKINSON

Department head responds to grand jury report

Kelly Woodward, director of the Madera County Department of Social Services, has sent an 11-page response to a grand jury report that was critical of her department.
BRIAN WILKINSON

Disappointment in closing of Sierra Lanes

Mountain Area bowlers, volunteer coaches and parents were not happy to hear the recent news that Oakhurst's Sierra Lanes would close June 7. The bowling alley that has served the Mountain Area for the past 27 years, will be converted to a Grocery Out
ALAN CHEAH

The circus is in town

Obamacare repeal; Benghazi and Syria; nullifying all federal gun laws; Heritage Foundation piece on blacks being intellectually inferior; Senator Inhofe talking of the "I" word (impeachment); Heritage Foundation's claim that amnesty will co