Yosemite Radio Updates
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Coulterville VFW Marks 25th Anniversary of Attacks on 9-11-2001
THE YEN-YANG of 9-11 By Jim Rhodes – The “Norman Rockwell” version of the story is best exemplified by the outstanding ceremony put together by the Coulterville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9454 Auxiliary held at the Coulterville Community Park on Friday, Sept. 11, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade…
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Facts Matter: The State of Health Care in America
The Big Picture –By Glynn Wilson – Editor’s Note: Healthcare is one of the top domestic and economic concerns for Americans. Public opinion research consistently shows this to be the case. Recent surveys from Gallup reveal that a striking 61 percent of adults in the U.S. worry “a great deal” about healthcare, ranking it above inflation, federal spending…
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Mariposa County Supervisor Shannon Poe Fined $150,000 for Polluting the Clearwater River in Idaho with Gold Mining Operation
Staff Report – It has come to our attention that Mariposa County District 2 Supervisor Shannon Poe has lost his final appeal for polluting the Clearwater River in Idaho and is subject to a $150,000 fine. Poe was sued in Idaho for his suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in…
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Willow Polson Interview: Crafts Director, Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center
By Glynn Wilson – Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center Crafts Director Willow Polson wins first, second and Best in Show crafts prizes at the 2026 Mariposa County Fair. See her work anytime at 5014 Main Street, Coulterville, California. Video Interview by Yosemite Radio Station Manager and News Director Glynn Wilson, with Art Director Erica Wolfsen.…
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Yosemite Arts and Crafts Artists Reception Saturday, Sept. 19
Staff Report – There will be a new artists show and party on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 6-8 p.m. at 5014 Main Street in Coulterville, California. Come one, come all.
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Northern California Residents Could See Power Cuts Due to Fire Risk
Staff Report – Residents across the Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley are bracing for possible shutoffs this weekend due to high winds and dry conditions. Large areas of Northern California could have their electricity turned off over the weekend as the region is hit with critical fire weather conditions, according to the power company PG&E. The utility said that…
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Trump Administration Threatens Billions in California Welfare Funding in Drive to ID Unauthorized Immigrants
Staff Report – California is at risk of losing nearly $12 billion in federal funding for public assistance programs after the Trump administration threatened to cut off grants to states unless they report every known unauthorized immigrant to immigration authorities, according to reporting from KQED in San Francisco. The threat came in the form of a…
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Trump’s Plans for Major Changes to How National Parks Are Managed is Leaked
Staff Report – The Trump administration is planning a significant reorganization of the National Park Service and other bureaus with the Department of Interior, the second major shake-up of the nation’s public lands infrastructure in less than two years, according to a breaking news scoop from NOTUS, a new D.C. news outfit started by Publisher…
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Elon Musk Proves Great Wealth Does Not Make You Happy
Take the Pledge of Altruism to Find Happiness – By Glynn Wilson – Elon Musk is living proof that great wealth does not make for great happiness. He’s the richest man in the world, the first trillionaire. Yet a new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, set to make its world premiere this week at…
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California Legislators Demand A Halt to Plans to Give Part of Yosemite National Park to a Private Developer
Staff Report – A bipartisan coalition of California legislators demanded Wednesday that the Trump administration “halt and reject” a proposed sale of part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The letter comes after YosemiteRadio.Org revealed National Park Service staff in California and Washington, D.C., have…
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Haze Over Northern California From Wildfires to the South
Staff Report – Haze hanging over the California Central Valley this week drifted in from more than 100 miles south, where two large wildfires burning in Monterey County are pushing smoke across a wide swath of Northern California. Winds carried smoke from the Timber Fire, which has burned more than 24,000 acres, and the Plaskett…
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Update on Yosemite Land Deal
Staff Report – Conservationists are calling it something that has never happened in Yosemite’s history: a piece of the national park handed over to a private developer. The Trump administration is weighing a land swap that would transfer a quarter mile strip inside the park’s western boundary to a Las Vegas real estate firm that…