Camarena opens new health center in Oakhurst
Author(s): Farin MontanezCamarena Health will officially open a new center in Oakhurst this month, offering primary care services to insured and uninsured patients. A ribbon cutting ceremony and open...
View ArticleMUSD won’t replace Porterfield
Author(s): Bill CoateSuperintendent takes job himself Madera Unified School District continues to trim its administrative staff, and this time the cut has put additional responsibilities on...
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1 man dead from rodent disease at Yosemite
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — A man died and a woman became seriously ill after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease that might have been linked to their stay at a popular lodging area in...
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1 boy dead, another missing in Yosemite
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — One boy died and another was missing after they were swept away along a popular but treacherous boulder-strewn stretch of the Merced River, Yosemite National...
View ArticleFood 4 Less fortunate
Author(s): Elsa MejiaPortion of grocery chain donation goes to Madera County Food Bank A donation of more than 1,000 cases of food — including grains, oats, pastas and vegetables — is set to feed...
View ArticleCity avoids layoffs with new budget
Author(s): DJ BeckerIn a nearly empty room and with little fanfare, the Madera City Council voted unanimously to approve the hard wrought and nearly balanced 2012-2013 city budget Wednesday night. The...
View Article4 charged with growing pot
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneAgents seize drugs, weapons after year-long investigation Four members of a violent gang in Fresno were arrested in Chowchilla on suspicion of cultivating marijuana for...
View ArticleWine lovers to vote for favorites at reception
Author(s): Farin MontanezWine lovers attending this year’s California Wine Month Wine Tasting and Reception in Madera will have a chance to vote for their favorite local wine in a new People’s Choice...
View ArticleCouncil may nix election
Author(s): Bill CoateThe Madera City Council may decide to cancel the election in November in which Madera’s first elected mayor and three council seats are to be chosen. Since all of the candidates...
View ArticleCourthouse construction to begin
Author(s): DJ BeckerCity officials say start could be as soon as next week Construction on the long awaited courthouse building could begin as early as next week, according to city officials. Rumors of...
View ArticleFire volunteers lauded
Author(s): DJ BeckerRetiring captain honored at fundraiser The Madera Ranchos community turned out in force to support volunteer Fire Station 19 and honor retiring Fire Capt. Chuck Hoover on Saturday...
View ArticleAir alert begins today
Author(s): Farin MontanezIncreased emissions from back-to-school traffic have prompted air pollution control officials to issue the season’s first Air Alert in the Valley air basin today and Tuesday....
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State weighs tougher heat rules for U.S. farmworkers
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — With temperatures in the Central Valley recently surpassing 110 degrees and state regulators investigating two possible heat-related deaths in the fields, the...
View ArticleDolce Vino Day kicks off Trail’s monthly wine highlight days
Author(s): Farin MontanezSeveral Madera Wine Trail wineries will offer complimentary dessert wine tasting at a highlight wine kickoff event Sept. 8. “It’s something new that we’re going to be doing...
View ArticleTraining aims to combat exploitation of children
Author(s): Farin MontanezChildren and teens that run away from home are usually solicited to become a prostitute or sexually exploit themselves in other ways within 48 hours of being out on the...
View ArticleVal Clute lived a life of service to community
Author(s): Farin MontanezLongtime Madera community humanitarian Charles “Val” Valgene Clute once said the two most important things he wanted to achieve in life were “to be remembered and to be...
View ArticleDon Nelson turned Midland Tractor into family business
Author(s): Farin MontanezMidland Tractor owner Don Nelson used his keen focus, determination and commitment to buy out his partners and turn the agriculture equipment company into a successful family...
View ArticleFrom Harlem, Dr. Walters calls Madera home
Author(s): Mark SmithFor many Madera Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Madera is and has always been the place they call home. But for Dr. James E. Walters, the path to Madera...
View ArticleBusiness partners, lifelong friends
Author(s): Mark SmithCarl Wisener and Bud Smith have worked together at GBS, in community projects All too often, the world of business can become a cutthroat, competitive landscape where backroom...
View ArticleJim Massetti a leader in business, community
Author(s): Mark SmithJim Massetti is in many ways the essential Madera man. Born in 1949 as the youngest of three brothers with one younger sister, Massetti embodies many of Madera’s positive traits:...
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