Big Oak Flat News

Columbia College campus nurse Laureen Campana offers traditional as well as herbal remedies for students who come to her for help.

Yesterday was another beautiful day...76 degrees, sunny with a gentle breeze. Mary and I drove the 18 miles west to the Groveland/Big Oak Flat area just to look around these two old towns.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports THURSDAY 4 a.m., Sonora area - Three men were arrested on Mount Brow Road at Jamestown Road after a deputy searched them and discovered an expandable baton in one's possession, a scanner in another's, and a bag of methamphetamine and a methamphetamine pipe on the ground.

Wally Anker owns the Priest Station at the top of Old Priest Grade, which was established in 1849.

The Big Meadow Fire in Yosemite destroyed 7,425 acres. Areas along the side of the road still contain hot spots.

The roads leading from Yosemite National Park's Big Oak Flat gateway to Yosemite Valley will reopen today, park officials said.

At 8:00am on Sunday, September 6, 2009, the road from Big Oak Flat entrance station to Crane Flat and across Tioga Pass will re-open, making through travel possible between Groveland and Lee Vining.

Yosemite Park Officials say nearby fires won't prevent them from keeping the national park open over the Labor Day weekend.

TNT commander Craig Davis winds through marijuana plants in a green house next to the Big Oak Flat home where 200 plants were found.

Now seven days old the Big Meadow Fire has grown to 5,257 acres, an increase of 348 acres from Monday's total of 4,909. Containment remains at 55 percent.

The smoke in the Truckee Meadows and Lake Tahoe area is from the Big Meadow fire in the Yosemite National Forest area, but should be gone by Saturday morning.

Coming soon to Groveland: Hot dogs in the park and a park to let dogs play. The Groveland Community Services District Board of Directors gave unanimous approval Monday for both a dog park to be constructed on district land and for a hot dog vendor to operate at Mary Laveroni Community Park.

The Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee for the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District voted at its Monday night meeting to ask the BOFG governing board for an in-depth audit, and plans to do its own informal audit of the district's bond projects.

Tuolumne County Superior Court has granted a restraining order against a newly elected Big Oak Flat-Groveland School District trustee accused of harassing a district employee.

Fire crews are continuing their assault against several wildfires in the area. Lightning activity early Sunday is being blamed for the about 25 strikes and nine fires in the Tahoe National Forest.

There are a few young, educated men and women nourishing Mother Lode communities one locally-grown, organic vegetable at a time.

The historic Longfellow Stamp Mill and mine are on Bureau of Land Management property and may receive economic stimulus funds for cleanup.

Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District voters made history this week in recalling every single member of their school board.

The five members of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School Board have been recalled by the voters.