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August 13, 2025 Tyler Takeda

Chamber honors new Lifetime group

Lifetime Achievement Awards recipient, the late Tami Jo Nix, would have written in the Madera Tribune, “a good time was had by all,” at last...
August 13, 2025 Julian Ornelas

Local pharmacy shuts down after 44 years

After 44-and-a-half years in operation, pharmacist Debra Chu-Yep closed the doors of the Pill Box Pharmacy at the La Esperanza Food Center on North Lake...
August 13, 2025 For The Madera Tribune

County Chief Admin. announces retirement

Madera County’s chief administrator, Jay Varney announced his retirement, punctuating a decorated career of public service for over four decades. Varney, who also served as...
August 13, 2025 For The Madera Tribune

Longtime drama teacher to receive Crystal Tower Award

Ginger Latimer will receive the Crystal Tower Award at the Madera County Compact’s Annual Business and Education Shareholders’ Luncheon on August 26. Each year the...
August 13, 2025 For The Madera Tribune

DUI driver causes violent crash

California Highway Patrol Madera Area officers responded to a crash involving two vehicles, at the intersection of Avenue 18 1/2 and Road 19 1/2 on...
August 13, 2025 For The Madera Tribune

Vehicle crash leads to child endangerment

Madera Police Department officers responded to the 600 block of South Gateway Drive for a single-vehicle collision with a car that struck a tree Friday...
August 13, 2025 Tyler Takeda

Babe Ruth 15s place fourth

After a second place finish in the State Championship, the Madera Babe Ruth 15-year-old All-Star team qualified for the Babe Ruth Southwest Regionals, held in...
August 13, 2025 Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Baldacci, ‘A Calamity of Souls’

“A Calamity of Souls” (2024, 480 pages in hardback format) is set in southern Virginia in 1968, a time when George Wallace was running for...
August 13, 2025 Cathie Campbell

Beans all year ‘round

Beans don’t really have a season, except maybe for the colder months, when many people turn to hearty meals. I grew up in an area...
August 13, 2025 Bill Coate

Madera at the turn of the 20th century

Any observer who happened upon Madera in 1900 would have found a community bustling with activity, and if that person had arrived on the train...

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