Despite a bevy of public opposition, garbage collection rate increases are headed to Madera County.

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Despite a bevy of public opposition, garbage collection rate increases are headed to Madera County.
With two longtime Madera County Supervisors departing, the races to replace them will head to a November runoff.
Among other claims, an attack on a pair of Madera County women for being involved with “Witches and Warlocks” sounded nefarious – but it’s an annual Bass Lake paddle boat ride.
A new, major hotel is coming to Oakhurst.
A state law forcing local law enforcement agencies to unmask military equipment is upsetting communities over perception of giving away secrets to criminals.
“California is finally making progress on long-overdue forest health improvement and wildfire risk reduction projects, but there has never been a greater need to increase the pace and scale of those projects,” local officials said.
Madera County’s upcoming memorial recognizing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will have a special element like few others.
Frederick Newhall Woods, one of the three men who hijacked a school bus and kidnapped 26 children in Chowchilla, Calif. …
At the center of the request? A proposed initiative that would seek to bolster public health recruitment and retention with the workforce pipeline.
The utility has faced varying degrees of pushback from local leaders over its proposal since introducing the proposal in 2021.