Office of Education lays cornerstone
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe cornerstone of the newly opened Dr. Sally L. Frazier Instructional Support and Conference Center was laid this past weekend along with encapsulated annual reports, videos,...
View ArticleBetter air quality, fewer wood burning bans this winter
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneDramatically improved air quality in the Valley air basin this winter resulted in fewer residential wood-burning curtailments than during the previous Check Before You...
View ArticleShakespeare for All rehearsals start soon
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA theater director challenged residents’ imaginations through body, voice and visual games to help get them ready to perform a play written more than four centuries ago. William...
View ArticleSeasonal mosquito control operator positions open
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe Madera County Mosquito and Vector Control District has announced it will start taking applications for seasonal mosquito control operator positions on March 13. Applications...
View ArticleBowling fundraiser for kids set for next month
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA valleywide fundraising effort for a mentor program will kick off locally next month. More than 200 in Madera, Hanford, Visalia and Fresno are expected to support disadvantaged...
View ArticleFilm on anti-female violence to be shown
Author(s): Elsa MejiaJohn RiepingA film about the intentional slaying, aborting, trafficking, sterilization and neglect of females in India and Asia is making its way around the world and will be shown...
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Apartment fire displaces 31 residents
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — Fresno officials say 31 people have been displaced by a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex. Fire officials say the blaze broke out at 8:43 a.m. Monday at...
View ArticleMan sentenced for arson
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneTad Patrick Moore, 48, was sentenced to state prison Monday on two felony counts of arson and a misdemeanor count of evading arrest, according to officials.Moore, a...
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Myriad languages, cultures challenge health reform
Author(s): Associated PressOAKLAND — Set on a gritty corner of Oakland’s International Boulevard, the nonprofit Street Level Health Project offers free checkups to patients who speak a total of 22...
View Article30 years of nurturing regional creativity
Author(s): Farin MontanezWhen 17 Maderans were appointed to start the Madera County Arts Council 31 years ago, they immediately embarked on the council’s goals: to bring arts education to county...
View ArticleRemembering their roots: producer recalls arts in school
Author(s): Farin MontanezThe Madera County Arts Council has provided arts education in Madera County schools for nearly three decades. The following is one of five interviews with graduates from area...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting victim dies
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA Madera man was killed and a woman injured in a drive-by shooting late Sunday night on Ellis Street, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office reported.The victims Shaun...
View ArticleMUSD may hire private investigator
Author(s): Bill CoateMadera Unified School District’s school board will hold a special meeting today to consider hiring an investigator to look into allegations of impropriety made by Trustee Lynn...
View ArticleRemembering their roots: writer reflects on personal success
Author(s): Farin MontanezThe Madera County Arts Council has provided arts education in Madera County schools for nearly three decades. Tribune reporter Farin Montanez interviewed five graduates from...
View ArticleCPR protocols questioned after patient dies
Author(s): Farin MontanezCedar Creek director says workers would do ‘something rather than nothing’Monday’s headlines about an 87-year-old Bakersfield woman who died after a senior living facility...
View ArticleSt. Joachim 1st in area Academic Decathlon
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneSt. Joachim School has taken first in an annual Academic Junior High Decathlon that involved 14 schools within the Catholic Diocese of Fresno.The local elementary and...
View ArticleLocal high school raises $1,000 for sick
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneEastin-Arcola High School recently pledged to raise $500 for the nonprofit Leukemia and Lymphoma Society over the course of three weeks through a “Pennies for Patients”...
View ArticleMan convicted of burglary
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA Madera Superior Court jury has convicted Jay Ogamba of Madera of residential burglary, a violent felony, felony possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor...
View ArticleArrests in fraudulent credit card ring
Author(s): DJ BeckerMadera police have arrested two women and a man in connection with the manufacture and use of fraudulent credit cards, burglary and identity theft. Detectives suspect the ring was...
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Intern killed by lion east of Fresno
Author(s): Associated PressDUNLAP, Calif. (AP) — A lion killed a volunteer intern at an exotic animal park about 45 miles east of Fresno after she entered its enclosure, and authorities were trying to...
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