Not your standard cell phone store
Business ProfileAuthor(s): Leon EmoLocal shop fixes, cleans, teachesSince its opening Nov. 7, 2012, the Phone Stop store has offered a wide variety of cell phones and accessories. But more notably it...
View ArticleWays to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s
Healthy HabitsAuthor(s): For The Madera TribuneBy Lisa MeiselsAs we age, not all exercise is created equal. We know that any physical activity is good for our body and soul however; a recent study from...
View ArticleKeeping fit in 2013
Healthy HabitsAuthor(s): For The Madera TribuneBy Ren Marie CarterDid you make a New Year’s resolution? Do you remember what that resolution was… now that 2013 is a month old? Even if you have already...
View ArticleRelay For Life kickoff draws 100
Author(s): Leon EmoThe 2013 American Cancer Society’s Madera Relay For Life preparations officially kicked-off with a Chamber of Commerce mixer hosted by Central Valley Community Bank. More than 100...
View ArticleCity celebrates new low to mid-rent housing project
Author(s): Elsa MejiaLocal housing and development agencies reveled Wed-nesday in the newest multi-million dollar project that is home to low to moderate income residents, including farmworkers.A...
View Article2nd judge recuses self in Keitz case
Author(s): Bill CoateSuperior Court Judge Michael Jurkovich has withdrawn from the case of Keitz vs Madera County, which is scheduled to be heard Friday in Department 5 of Madera County Superior...
View ArticleMadera grad working for 49ers
Author(s): Leon EmoWhen the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons to win a trip to Super Bowl XLVII on Jan. 20, the work suddenly became like a hurry-up offense in the last two minutes of...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital gets $50K cancer research grant
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, is awarding a one-year...
View Article3 jailed after trying to sell stolen manhole covers
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThree Planada residents accused of trying to sell manhole covers that had been reported stolen in Merced remained in jail Thursday, according to Madera County Sheriff...
View ArticleLongtime pharmacist Allan Hall retires
Author(s): Leon EmoAllan Hall has been helping people get well and stay healthy for 48 years. Yesterday, at the Savemart pharmacy on Howard Road, he filled his final prescription and retired. Hall, 72,...
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Judge declines to give more time on delta
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — A federal judge has declined to grant requests by federal officials for more time to update a plan that protects threatened delta smelt and endangered salmon...
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Hispanics will soon be state’s majority
Author(s): Associated PressSACRAMENTO (AP) — Hispanics will soon become the dominant ethnic group in the nation’s most populous state, marking a milestone in the country’s shifting racial and ethnic...
View ArticleRotary clubs hold speech contests
Author(s): The Madera TribuneTwo sets of local high school students were declared winners at separate speech competitions this week held by Madera Rotary and Madera Sunrise Rotary. Each student...
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Obama proposes HHS deal
Author(s): Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based...
View ArticleCounty historical society meeting rescheduled
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe date for the annual meeting of the Madera County Historical Society has been changed to Feb. 11. It had been originally set for Monday.The board of directors of the nonprofit...
View ArticleJudge continues Keitz lawsuit
Author(s): Bill CoateA preliminary hearing in District Attorney Michael Keitz’s civil lawsuit against Madera County was continued Friday by Superior Court Judge James Oakley until March 8.Keitz is...
View ArticleSchools lockdown over report of gun
Author(s): Elsa MejiaLocal schools would be locked down for an hour Friday after students reported seeing two people in a passing car brandishing what may have been a gun, according to Madera Unified...
View Article‘I believe we’re going to win’
Author(s): Mark SmithCoyotes choose new head football coachThe search for a new Coyote football head coach ended this week as Madera High School athletic director Shane Riddle announced that last...
View ArticleMayor tours West African schools
Author(s): Leon EmoMayor Robert Poythress returned safe last week from a tour of schools in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau. The former Portuguese colony lies between Senegal to the north and...
View ArticleMadera artist to show at Door Gallery in Fresno
Author(s): The Madera TribuneMadera artist, Annette Nordine, will join some 40 area artists in a month-long show, “A Selective Collective,” at The Door Art Gallery in Fresno.Nordine’s three acrylic...
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