Smoke from Rim Fire hits Valley floor
Author(s): Mark SmithAir-quality officials issued a warning for six counties including Madera on Friday afternoon as smoke from a roaring wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest began to flow down to...
View ArticlePact is a done deal
Author(s): Bill Coate3-year contract ratified by boardAfter more than a year and a half of tense negotiations between Madera Unified School District and the Madera Unified Teachers’ Association, the...
View Article$1.5 M gift pays for spay
Author(s): DJ BeckerShelter group offers free pet services voucherThe Red and Nancy Arnold Foundation has given a one-time gift of $1.5 million to Friends of the Madera Animal Shelter (FMAS) to provide...
View ArticleLabor Day closures
Author(s): The Madera TribuneThe Madera Tribune will not publish a Monday edition of the newspaper and its business office will be closed Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.The Tribune will resume its...
View ArticleAuto show and movie draw 1,000
Author(s): Leon EmoMadera Classic Cars showed up in force for the final Friday night Movies in the Park at the Allen Harkins amphitheater in Lions Town and Country Park. The movies are sponsored by...
View ArticleRim Fire is 60 percent contained, say officials
Author(s): Mark SmithGood progress was made overnight in the containment of the fourth-largest fire in California’s history, the U.S. Forest Service reported Monday, and the flames are expected to be...
View ArticleTwo-SUV crash injures two
Author(s): DJ BeckerTwo women sustained injuries after the driver of a Chevy Trailblazer pulled in front of a Ford Explorer that was moving at 50 mph, according to Madera Police officers.A Chevy...
View ArticleRobbers make $44,000 haul over Labor Day
Author(s): Mark SmithA popular campground in Coarsegold was victim to a daring heist over Labor Day, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday, when an unknown number of robbers made off with...
View ArticleLivestock theft bill passes Senate
Author(s): Mark SmithProposed legislation to increase penalties on various forms of livestock theft passed the State Senate Tuesday with a unanimous vote and, barring any problems when it returns to...
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Ore. beekeepers abuzz over collapses
Author(s): Associated PressBy Tommy PettingerEUGENE, Ore. — Alan Turanski became fascinated with beekeeping the first year he tried it. That first milestone: harvesting 160 pounds of blackberry honey...
View ArticleRim Fire 3/4ths contained
Author(s): Mark SmithThousands of firefighters battling a massive blaze within Stanislaus National Forest continued to make significant progress in containing the fire’s wrath Tuesday, which prompted...
View ArticleGourmet grill serves American food with a tropical twist
Author(s): Mark SmithNestled off of Friant Road in the Madera County foothills in a relaxed, beach-themed location sits a Valley food-service jewel that delivers a lot more than simple burgers and...
View ArticleCoarsegold man booked for terrorizing neighbors
Author(s): Mark SmithA Coarsegold man was arrested earlier this week for making more than a dozen threatening phone calls to his neighbors and, in person, threatened to kill another man and his entire...
View ArticleMadera man convicted of child molestation
Author(s): Mark SmithEarlier this week a jury found a Madera man guilty of six counts of felony child molestation and he will face up to 48 years in prison at a sentencing hearing next month.Roy...
View ArticleBusiness feeds student farmers
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA local business fed children and teenagers who have been preparing their animals to show and sell at this year’s Madera District Fair.Students in Future Farmers of America and 4-H...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputies find marijuana grow near church in North Fork
Author(s): Mark SmithNearly 400 marijuana plants were seized by Madera County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday from an open location in North Fork within 500 feet of a family-run church.Deputies received...
View ArticleRim Fire 80 percent contained
Author(s): Mark SmithCause still unknownA few days of favorable weather helped firefighters slow the progress of a massive blaze within Stanislaus National Forest, a U.S. forest service spokesman said...
View ArticleFair concert switch
Author(s): Elsa MejiaLos Lobos to replace Los Lonely BoysTexican rock ‘n’ roll band Los Lonely Boys was set to perform in tonight’s opening of the Table Mountain Concert Series at the Madera District...
View ArticleTeen killed in drive by
Author(s): DJ BeckerWith his 18th birthday only a week away, Jorge Navarro of Madera walked homeward with his girlfriend and another male friend along Road 27, near Martin Street. A car pulled up...
View ArticleArtisan butcher returns to Madera to teach class
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneMaderans can learn how to butcher a deer this month in a four-hour class taught by artisan butcher and longtime Central Valley resident Bill McCann.McCann, the master...
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