West Coast Formation clinic returns this weekend
Author(s): Leon EmoIf past years are an indication, more than 60 planes will fill the skies over Madera this weekend as members of the West Coast Formation Flyers will hold their annual clinic at...
View ArticleVintage Days to mark 40th year
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneFRESNO — Fresno State’s 2014 Vintage Days celebration will mark its 40th anniversary Friday through Sunday and will include an attempt to break the Guinness Book of...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital patients release butterflies
Author(s): Elsa MejiaPatients at Children’s Hospital Central California walked into the courtyard Tuesday to see their month-old insect companions fly away.“This feels so good!” said a grinning boy as...
View ArticleMadera sheriff endorses Linn in district attorney race
Author(s): Mark SmithRetiring Madera County Sheriff John Anderson announced this week he has endorsed Oakhurst lawyer David Linn in the race for county district attorney.“I support David Linn for...
View ArticleFresno man dies in rollover on Avenue 12
Author(s): DJ BeckerA 23-year-old Fresno man was killed Tuesday morning when his GMC pickup truck rolled over on Avenue 12 west of State Route 41, according to the California Highway Patrol.The man was...
View ArticleLocal attends academic seminar
Author(s): For The Madera Tribune Madera resident and third-year UC Berkeley neurobiology student Chelsy Eddings met Nobel laureate physicist Charles Townes at the seminar “Nobel Minds: A Conversation...
View ArticleAirman to spend year in SKorea as munitions system specialist
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneAirman 1C Zachary D. Tognotti graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. After eight-and-a-half weeks of Basic...
View ArticleFinally, Squeeze Inn opens
Author(s): Tyler TakedaFor months, the rumors were flying around whether or not Madera was really getting a Squeeze Inn like the one featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few...
View ArticleMan killed in Ave 12 rollover identified
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Fresno man killed Tuesday morning in a rollover crash on Avenue 12 just west of State Route 41 has been identified as Cole Alexander Peveto, 22.The California...
View ArticleBoard hears support for agreement on water
Author(s): Chuck Doud“Brown is the new Green,” said Madera County Planning Director Norman Allinder as he gave support to a plan to form a county-wide joint powers authority to manage groundwater in...
View ArticleSheriff swears in 20th class of COP cadets
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Madera County Sheriff’s nationally recognized Citizen on Patrol unit gained six new volunteers, sworn in Tuesday evening by Sheriff John Anderson, to form the 20th...
View ArticleState teachers’ union boss gives MUSD thumbs up
Author(s): Bill Coate Cites district’s belief in teachers He doesn’t think everything is perfect in Madera Unified, but Dean E. Vogel, President of the California Teachers Association, thinks the...
View ArticleParkwood Elementary pupil chosen Rotary Student of the Month
Author(s): Leon EmoAdanely Bermudez, a sixth grader at Parkwood Elementary School has been chosen Student of the Month for April by the Sunrise Rotary Club.Adanely, known as Nelly by friends and fellow...
View ArticleDonate old shoes to help Fresno State students set Guinness World Record
Author(s): For The Madera TribunePeople coming to the Vintage Days celebration at Fresno State this weekend just might leave shoe-less.But it will be for a good cause, as Fresno State marketing...
View ArticleSample ballots are in the mail
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Madera County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters office has begun mailing sample ballots to all registered Madera County voters, clerk-recorder Rebecca Martinez...
View ArticleYosemite National Park prescribed fire postponed; rescheduled for early May
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneYosemite National Park fire managers have re-scheduled a prescribed fire in the Bishop Creek area for early May. The prescribed fire, originally scheduled for the end...
View ArticleDUI checkpoint scheduled for Saturday
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Madera Police Department will conduct a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location with Madera beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday until about 3...
View ArticleYouth to put on Earth Day celebration
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA group of Madera youth who tend to a local garden will open its gates Saturday to celebrate Earth Day; residents are invited to see it and help care for it.The local event...
View ArticleMID seeks new director after board president resigns
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Madera Irrigation District Board of Directors will appoint a new director next month to fill the seat vacated by board president Gary Bursey. Bursey resigned this...
View ArticleTonight’s car show cancelled
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Madera Classic Car show scheduled for today has been cancelled due to expected thunderstorms, officials announced Thursday.Madera Classic Cars will host its next...
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