Election count continues
Long-time elected Madera County Clerk Recorder Rebecca Martinez said the 2020 election and election day went smoothly but urged patience as approximately 11,000-plus paper ballots county and city wide remain outstanding and are still being processed, signatures verified and then counted. Early preliminary, unofficial election results Tuesday night caused some confusion when they were posted […]
County honors sheriff Ed Bates
On Nov. 3, 1970, the people of Madera County spoke, and Edward Bryant Bates celebrated his 45th birthday by being elected sheriff! He defeated E.H. Daulton, his runoff opponent, 7,059 to 4,652. Bates was the majority choice in 80 of the county’s 86 voting precincts. For the next decade Bates had a running battle on […]
Madera Rotary Club fundraiser going virtual
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Madera Rotary Club Foundation has had to cancel one of its biggest events of the year and had another fund raising event canceled. However, this has not deterred Madera Rotary from working to benefit the charities as they have done for years. This year, Madera Rotary has created a […]