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JCF Prepared for Emergency Births: On-Site Training and Partnership with Valley Children’s Hospital
While the John C. Fremont Healthcare District has not had a labor and delivery unit in a number of years, under emergency circumstances, sometimes babies are born there. Recently, the Healthcare District hosted on-site training focused on emergency newborn care, making use of the hospital’s emergency obstetrics (OB) cart and infant warmer. The training was…
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Project to mine up to $8B worth of gold one step closer to reopening in Mariposa County
By Miranda Adams (KSEE/KGPE) A historic gold mine potentially worth billions is one step closer to restarting operations in Mariposa County. Lode Gold Resources Inc., the Canadian-based gold mining company behind the operation, announced Monday that they have commenced engineering studies. “The initiation of engineering technical study marks the next stage of technical advancement at…
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‘Pure chaos’ at crowded Yosemite. Senators call for return of reservation system
By Joshua Tehee (Republished from The Fresno Bee) Even before Yosemite entered into its peak summer season, the national park was seeing a massive increase in visitors; as much as 45% in March, according to data from the park service. By the time May rolled around the park was in a state of gridlock, with…
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And another one bites the dust. Dome Fire forces cancellation of 2026 Mariposa Yosemite Car Show
A third community event, the 2026 Mariposa Yosemite Hot Rod & Custom Car Show has been canceled because the Mariposa County Fairgrounds is being used to support personnel assigned to the Dome Fire, Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce officials announced. The Mariposa County Farm Bureau dinner has been rescheduled for November, and the Friends of…
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Library hosting card design contest
There are many talented artists and creators in this area, and the Mariposa County Library is hoping that many of them will be interested in participating in its library card design contest, which has officially begun and will conclude on October 30. Library officials said they are hoping to receive many submissions, which will be…
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5 tax measures are on the California ballot. Here’s how to make sense of them all
BY BEN CHRISTOPHER (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) California voters will soon be asked whether they want to keep taxing the incomes of the rich. And they’ll be asked whether to start taxing the accumulated wealth of the even richer. Wait, there’s more. They’ll also get to weigh in on whether we should ban wealth taxesaltogether, subject the…
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Suds & Sausage cancelled due to ongoing fire camp
Another community event, the annual Friends of the Fairground’s popular Suds & Sausage fundraiser, has been cancelled. Officials of the organization state, “Due to the continued need for the fairgrounds by Incident Command as they respond to the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park, we regret to announce that this year’s Sausage & Suds event,…
