Water workshop set for next weekend
The Madera Tribune Local nonprofits and others plan to host a workshop for rural residents next Saturday on how to help shape new local groundwater rules. The workshop will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 9 at Fresno State University’s Center for Irrigation Technology conference room at 5370 N. Chestnut Ave. in Fresno. Lunch […]
MUSD Area 5 Trustee certified
For The Madera Tribune County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Martinez has certified the result of the Madera Unified School District’s governing board trustee Area 5 election, conducted as part of the November 2018 General Election. Just prior to election day, Madera County discovered that a mistake was made by the county’s contracted ballot printer, which […]
Disney on Ice: ‘Dare to Dream’
Rachel Nevares started ice skating when she was 8-years-old. While at a public skating session at her local ice rink in Arlington, Virginia. She took one lap around the rink she was hooked. Nevares became a competitive ice skater. For 11 years, she competed all over the United States. After pouring her blood, sweat and […]
Yosemite High School wins Mock Trial
Yosemite Award Winners MSHS Award Winners Yosemite High School won the 2018-2019 Honorable Edward P. Moffat Madera County Mock Trial held on Jan. 17, 24 and 26. Yosemite High School battled Liberty, Madera, and Madera South High Schools. Yosemite High’s defense and Madera South High School’s prosecution teams competed in the championship round on Saturday […]
Opinion: Polar vortex makes world cold
As this is being written, the temperature outside the Tribune offices is a balmy 61 degrees. The coldest it got over the last 24 hours was 50 degrees, so all in all, for a winter day, things are not bad. Elsewhere, however, the weather is not as comfortable. Here are some of the headlines: “Polar […]
Letter: Can’t change opinion
I have tried very hard not to respond to Lorraine Goodwin’s letters and don’t want to call her an ignorant, blathering idiot (but guess I just did). She stated, “anyone who votes for Trump is mentally unfit and Trump has zero credibility.” That was his predecessor that had those qualities and he did virtually nothing […]
Letter: Subject: hate
Not good to hate. Got a few though. Hate the Stanton Eye commercials. Fresno Surgery commercial and those @%$##** blue headlights. Don’t watch The View. It’s just hate. Hate drivers that pass on the right or at intersections. Hate drug dealers and robo calls. Hate to see what the elected are doing to our city […]
Coyotes comeback falls short
The Madera Coyotes had a chance to turn a 15-point fourth quarter deficit into a game-tying shot, but it fell short in a non-conference game against the Kingsburg Vikings. The Coyotes were outscored 22-12 in the second quarter, but closed the game Thursday with a flurry, outscoring Kingsburg 19-6 in he fourth in Joe Flores […]
Coyotes come close, but Edison gets win
Twice the Madera Coyotes girls basketball team came within one possession of the Edison-Fresno Tigers in its County/Metro Athletic Conference game, but twice Edison went on scoring runs to take back control of the game. The Coyotes closed to within three with about 6:30 left in the game, but the Tigers went on a 10-0 […]
Coyotes push top-seed Tigers into overtime
The Madera Coyotes girls soccer team welcomed the top-ranked Edison-Fresno Tigers into Memorial Stadium for a County/Metro Athletic Conference clash. The two teams faced off during the first half of CMAC where the Tigers came away with a 5-0 victory, but this time around, the Coyotes pushed the Tigers to the brink in a 4-3 […]