County may require use of garbage collection service
Author(s): Chuck DoudResidents of Madera County may find themselves being compelled to sign up for garbage collection service. That possibility arose Monday when the Board of Supervisers met to okay...
View ArticleHundreds wait for jobs
Author(s): Farin MontanezSeekers pack workforce assistance center for 90 part-time positions at Marshalls Hundreds of job seekers lined up Monday at the Madera County Workforce Assistance Center to...
View ArticleLongtime Citizen on Patrol dies at 82
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA North Fork resident who joined the Madera County Sheriff’s Office as a Citizen on Patrol in January 2001 has died. She was 82. Betty Lyons received numerous...
View ArticleMadera Walgreens hopes to three-peat
Author(s): Tyler TakedaWalgreens manager Greg Willet is hoping for one more push to capture the trophy his store has held for the past two years. Willet, manager of the Walgreens at 2020 Cleveland...
View ArticleChanging the criminal mind: Madera County uses reporting center to reduce...
Author(s): Farin MontanezWith more criminals remaining in the custody of local jails rather than being shipped off to state prisons, Madera County is relying on one simple idea: reduce crime — and the...
View Article$1.2 million remodel under way
Author(s): Farin MontanezMadera nursing center upgrading 22 rooms Country Villa Madera Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is remodeling 22 rooms of its 176-bed facility — a $1.2 million project that the...
View ArticleNew Coyote coach comes full circle
Author(s): Tyler TakedaFormer Madera Coyote boys soccer standout Garrett Perez has come home. Perez, 31, won a Valley Championship in 1997 with the Coyotes. He returns to head the girls soccer program,...
View ArticleNorth Fork to celebrate its logging history
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneJamboree set for this weekend NORTH FORK — For more than 100 years, this city has been known as a logging community — and the annual Loggers Jamboree makes sure to...
View ArticleWork on SR 99 begins tonight
Author(s): Farin MontanezConstruction on bridge overcrossings along State Route 99 in Fresno and Madera counties will begin this evening and last through October, Caltrans announced Wednesday....
View ArticleParents’ protests for naught
Author(s): Bill CoatePrincipal named for Millview Elementary For the second time this month, parents and teachers from Millview School carried their discontent over the hiring of a new principal to a...
View ArticleCooling centers open as temps rise
Author(s): Farin MontanezDesignated cooling centers will be open throughout Madera County this summer as temperatures rise into the 90s and triple digits. This week temperatures will reach the mid to...
View ArticleTwo passengers killed in crash
Author(s): DJ BeckerDriver charged with vehicular manslaughter Two passengers were killed on Avenue 18 1/2 at Road 16 after their driver failed to stop at a sign and pulled out in front of another car,...
View ArticleHoliday closures for July 4, 2012
Author(s): The Madera TribuneThe Madera Tribune will not publish a Wednesday edition of the newspaper and its business office will be closed due to the July 4 holiday. The Tribune will resume its...
View ArticleClampers dedicate Oakhurst monument
Author(s): Leon EmoThe Grub Gulch Chapter 41-49 of E Clampus Vitus (Clampers) held a monument dedication at the Fresno Flats Historical Park in Oakhurst to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fresno...
View ArticleBlood drive to help Madera kids
Author(s): Leon EmoMembers of the Madera Elks Lodge have been supporting the families of two local children with rare diseases for more than two years. Their efforts continue with a blood drive in the...
View ArticleSheriff says new computers will shorten response time
Author(s): Elsa MejiaAn expanded Madera County Sheriff’s Department fleet promises efficiency for officers, shorter response time for citizens and safety for both. Unveiled during a press conference at...
View ArticleTwo killed in crash identified
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneTwo Planada men killed Sunday in a traffic collision on Avenue 18 1/2 at Road 16 have been identified. Fabian Salinas, 22, and 30-year-old Martin Salinas were killed...
View ArticleCaring for U.S. troops: Madera Ranchos group raises funds for items to send...
Author(s): Farin MontanezA Madera Ranchos ministry collected donations last weekend to create more than 100 care packages to send to U.S. troops. Lifetree, a ministry of Madera Ranchos Assembly of God...
View ArticleMadera’s home prices expected to rise fastest across the nation
Author(s): Farin MontanezThe Madera-Chowchilla area is expected to have the nation’s fastest increase in home sale prices — at 16.5 percent — between now and the end of next year, according to Fiserv,...
View Article1 arrested in CHP pursuit of stolen SUV
Author(s): DJ BeckerAn 18-year-old Madera man was arrested on charges of possessing a stolen vehicle early Thursday after the driver crashed it into a parked car on Ardilla Drive and the two allegedly...
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