Movies in the Park begins Friday
Author(s): Leon EmoThe first in an annual series of movies in Lions Town and Country Park, the Disney Animation Studios film “Frozen,” is set for Friday at the Allen Harkins’ Amphitheater.The series...
View ArticleSupes talk water plans
Author(s): Mark SmithConservation efforts may growThe Madera County Board of Supervisors moved forward on several plans to combat severe water issues this week, including the implementation of...
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State hopes fines up to $500 slow water waste
Author(s): Associated PressGLENDALE (AP) — Bo Cuketieh inadvertently let a fine mist from a leaky hose soak the front lawn of a Southern California home Wednesday before considering that such water...
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Authorities search for missing hiker
Author(s): Associated PressKINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Fresno County sheriff’s rescue crews are searching for a man who failed to return from a planned hike in Kings Canyon National Park....
View ArticleJazz, special menu to highlight Sunday’s concert in the park
Author(s): Leon EmoThe summer Concert in the Park series continues this Sunday with the jazz band Without a Doubt performing at 7 p.m. in the amphitheater in Lions Town and Country Park.The...
View ArticleGang members await sentence
Author(s): Mark SmithTwo Madera gang members who viciously beat a farmworker nearly to death last year await their fate; on Monday a judge will decide if the attack was done for the benefit of their...
View ArticleVolunteer helps feed locals for 25 years
Author(s): Elsa MejiaFor a quarter century Madera resident Girtha Williams has made it her task to help ensure Maderans in need don’t go hungry. Whether she’s carefully packing vegetables, canned goods...
View ArticleCounty sees spike in well-drilling permits
Author(s): DJ BeckerThe rate of drilling or deepening residential and agricultural wells in Madera County has more than doubled in the last 12 months, likely as a result of the worst drought in recent...
View ArticleParkwood water safe to drink
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneOfficials: Construction to link to city’s water system begins todayResidents in the Parkwood area of Madera County no longer have to boil their tap water before...
View ArticleMaderans explore Middle East
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneMadera travelers Manuel and Estela Rios recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, where they visited the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, both on the Persian Gulf...
View ArticleYosemite solicits business proposals
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneNew contract to begin March 1, 2016The National Park Service issued a prospectus this week soliciting business proposals for overnight accommodations, food and...
View Article9 graduate from offender program
Author(s): Elsa MejiaFor 23-year-old Casandra Ruiz, the transition celebration organized by BI Incorporated’s Madera County Day Reporting Center felt better than her own graduation from Ripperdan High...
View Article2 killed in high-speed collision
Author(s): DJ BeckerA speeding, allegedly reckless driver killed himself and another driver when he crossed over the center line and struck another car head-on in the North Fork area, according to the...
View ArticleConcert series continues at winery
Author(s): Tami Jo NixThings are done differently in our town. The hottest new dance club isn’t in a downtown warehouse or even a storefront in a strip mall. The ‘in’ places to dance in Madera are the...
View ArticleMaderans build home for family in Mexico
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA family of three living south of the border is now better sheltered because of the helping hands of 17 Maderans.“When we handed them the key, you’d think we’d gave them a mansion...
View ArticleAlleged drunk driver arrested
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA man driving with his wife and 7-year-old child early Monday morning was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk, the Madera Police Department reported.Bernabe Perez,...
View ArticleScam variant uses 2 callers
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneSheriff John Anderson issued a fraud alert Monday to senior citizens throughout Madera County about a new tactic cons artists are using in the “Granny Scam.”Over the...
View ArticleMaderan Larry Hall dies at 73
Author(s): Tami Jo NixFuneral services will be at 10 a.m. today for Realtor Larry Hall at Jay Chapel with interment at Arbor Vitae Cemetery.Hall, 73, died July 8 in Lake Tahoe. The native of Vincennes,...
View ArticleLocal man accused of wax theft
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA Chowchilla man allegedly skimmed hundreds of pounds of beeswax off a Madera County apiarist. Karl Robert Glick, 26, is suspected of pocketing more than $2,000 at the...
View ArticleParkwood intertie in progress
Author(s): The Madera TribuneWater boiling resumes for some residentsThirteen Parkwood households will have to boil tap water before consumption today as a precaution after a section of the community’s...
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