Pakistanis visiting Madera
Seek to establish sister chamber of commerce relationship during their week-long stay A delegation from the Jhang, Pakistan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry is visiting Madera this week to establish a sister chamber of commerce relationship with the Madera Chamber of Commerce. Madera has been a destination for many business people and medical professionals over […]
Mountain Vista to be honored
Mountain Vista High School will be recognized as a Model Continuation High School (MCHS) at the 2018 California Continuation Education Association (CCEA) State Conference, scheduled for April 27–29 in San Diego. An award certificate will be presented to principal Aimee Anderson at the conference by a representative from the California Department of Education (CDE). A […]
G.W. Mordecai: The Silent Mutineer
They were “yelling like devils,” at least that is how the Fresno newspaper described that riotous meeting held in Fresno on January 28, 1893. Several hundred people had gathered for that infamous town hall meeting in Kutner Hall to voice their sentiments on carving out a portion of Fresno County and creating Madera County. The […]
Zuniga signs with Ohio school
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera soccer player Yvette Zuniga, middle, and her family are all smiles after signing her National Letter of Intent on Feb. 16 to play soccer at Ursuline College in Ohio next year. With her are Guadalupe Chavez and Melany Velasquez. For most soccer players, getting noticed on the field defensively is […]
Berry dribbles to University of La Verne
With the stroke of the pen, Liberty Hawks girls basketball player Ashton Berry signed her National Letter of Intent to the University of La Verne. Berry became Liberty’s first girls basketball player to sign to a four-year school. “Ashton is the heart of the team this year and last year,” Liberty girls basketball coach Ashley […]
Trump snubs California at will
When devastating wildfires whipped through both Northern and Southern California last fall, state requests for emergency declarations that would open federal purse strings to assist in paying for firefighting, cleanup and recovery were almost immediate. But President Trump took almost a month to approve each request, far longer than for similar declarations after deadly hurricanes […]
History in the Week of March 4
50 Years Ago Week of March 4, 1968 DON HODGE NEW PRESIDENT OF MADERA CHAMBER — Don Hodge, manager of the J.C. Penny department store, Wednesday night was elected president of the Madera County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, succeeding Richard M. Shearer of Security Title Co. The board also elected five vice presidents […]