County gets good news about financial status
Madera County is financially fit, the Board of Supervisors heard at its meeting on Tuesday. That is a long hop from a few years ago when the county was verging on bankruptcy because of the economic collapse that had hit the valley. “I came on the board in ‘07 in January, and we were pretty […]
Local student selected to attend summit
Monica Urias, a student at Madera High School, has been selected to represent Madera as a National Youth Delegate to the 2018 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. Urias joins a select group of 300 students from across the country to participate in an intensive, week-long study of leadership in environmental […]
War of memos is one of wonkery
The story emanating from East Coast media centers about memos and Russian meddling in the presidential election are very far away from the interests of normal Americans. In fact, they are so far away, they would be hard to spot with the Hubble telescope if it were parked next door. They are the stuff of […]
Myriad subjects agitate, lift locals’ spirits
The Madera Tribune received the following comments online about articles and local happenings. Rants and raves Rants — Advocates are calling on more counties to reduce and even drop marijuana convictions. “Dawn Swinton” wrote, “What a headache for the judicial systems involved.” “Mary Frederick” wrote, “It figures.” Rave — Esteban Andrade, an oncology patient, and […]
Stallions put five past Coyotes
History repeats itself as the Madera South boys soccer team put five goals past the Madera Coyotes for the second time this season for a 5-2 County/Metro Athletic Conference victory at Lee Dasilva Field in Memorial Stadium. “We just came out strong wanting to play,” Madera South head coach Enrique Garcia said. “It’s always good […]
Coyotes take series from Stallions
The Madera Coyotes girls soccer team capitalized on a lone second-half goal in a physical match to beat County/Metro Athletic Conference and next-door rivals Madera South 1-0 for the second time this season at Lee DaSilva Field in Memorial Stadium. Mia Alvarez knocked in the game-winning goal just after halftime on an accurate free kick […]
Hawks soccer blanks Chieftains
The Liberty Hawks boys soccer team scored two goals in the first half and two more in the second half to defeat the Sierra-Tollhouse Chieftains in a North Sequoia League match. “Honestly, they have been playing great.” Liberty head coach Leonard Escalante said after Monday’s match. “They’re jelling. It’s working out good and the score […]