City’s water rules tighten
Author(s): The Madera TribuneStage III begins todayThe city of Madera begins enforcement of Stage III water regulations today, a step up in conservation efforts set out in its 2010 four-stage plan to...
View ArticleTax credits, exemptions highlight meeting with state reps
Author(s): Mark SmithDozens of local business leaders listened to state representatives explain Gov. Jerry Brown’s three-pronged economic development plan Tuesday during a town hall meeting in Madera’s...
View ArticleTown hall meeting planned
Author(s): Mark SmithWater crisis, other subjects on the agendaIn response to continued water problems in the county’s Parkwood subdivision, the Madera Coalition for Community Justice scheduled a town...
View Article5 given Mastin science scholarships
Author(s): Leon EmoFive local high school students accepted 2014 Richard Mastin Scholarship awards at a luncheon this week at the Vineyard Restaurant banquet room.Richard Mastin taught biology and...
View ArticleBirdwell accepting new patients
Business ProfileAuthor(s): Tami Jo NixA lifelong dream to serve members of her community has come true for a local doctor. Tricia Birdwell M.D. Inc. recently acquired the family medical practice...
View ArticleFeds issue Yosemite fire restrictions
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThose planning a trip to Yosemite Park may need to alter their plans for cooking or campfires after restrictions issued Wednesday by the United States Department of the...
View ArticleCounty cancels water boiling notice
Author(s): The Madera TribuneOn Wednesday, Madera County cancelled its notice to Parkwood community residents that they should boil or disinfect all tap water used for drinking or cooking.“It has been...
View ArticleMovie in the park Friday
Author(s): Leon Emo‘Despicable Me 2’ slated After opening Friday to a large crowd, the free Movies in the Park season continues this Friday with “Despicable Me 2” on a big screen at the Allen Harkins...
View ArticleLegacy of local recalled
Author(s): Tami Jo NixFuneral for Virginia Rose next weekWorking to improve a bad situation wherever she found one is how many people remember Virginia Lee Rose of Madera. The 79-year-old native of...
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State water fines upped
Author(s): Associated PressThe Madera TribuneConservation efforts weak Reservoirs are running dry, the Capitol’s lawn has turned brown, and farmers have left hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted.In...
View ArticleBullet train pushes on
Author(s): Mark SmithProject not halted by challengesDespite several legal challenges and ongoing political opposition, construction on the first section of California’s high-speed rail project...
View ArticleHealth officials: Oakhurst mobile home water contaminated
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneResidents living in the Oakhurst Mobile Home Estates were advised Thursday afternoon not to drink their tap water or use it for cooking until further notice.The...
View ArticleDUI convict gets 8 years, 8 months
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneTawney Jeffries, 46, of Oakhurst, was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison last week in Madera Superior Court for driving under the influence and causing...
View ArticleIllegal pot grow found to be irrigated with sewer water
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneNarcotic agents chop down more than 2,000 plantsIn a rural section of Madera County known as Trigo, near Avenue 11 and Road 32, narcotic agents Thursday morning chopped...
View ArticleLocal Boy Scouts to earn highest honor
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneMadera brothers Cody and Conner Magnuson will be honored this weekend with the Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank, Eagle Scout.The two entered the scouts when they...
View ArticleCounty blighted by trash, some say
Author(s): DJ BeckerJunk machinery and piles of rotting household trash continue to plague Madera County neighborhoods, says a longtime critic of county code enforcement.Ron Rosa of Madera Acres, a...
View ArticleAlleged teen burglar caught
Author(s): Mark SmithMadera police picked up an alleged daytime burglar Thursday in the backyard of the home he is suspected of robbing.Octavio Sandoval, 18, was arrested around 10 a.m. for...
View ArticleLocals build homes with help from philanthropy
Author(s): The Madera TribuneBy Careen WongSelf-Help Enterprises, which has served the San Joaquin Valley for 50 years, arrived in Madera this week to turn the American dream of homeownership into...
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U.S. ag chief visits water-starved families
Author(s): Associated PressAnnounces $9.7 million in drought aidSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited drought-stricken homeowners on Friday in Central California, saying...
View ArticleParkwood intertie complete
Author(s): Mark SmithQuestions, concerns voicedAn intertie between Madera County’s parched Parkwood subdivision and City of Madera water lines was completed Friday, but not before a community meeting...
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