Creek Fire continues to rage county
With winds expected to ease throughout the Central Valley this weekend, Cal Fire hopes to gain some ground on the Creek Fire, which has burned more than 175,000 acres through Thursday and is zero percent contained. According to Cal Fire, with temperatures returning to normal, fire fighters will be able to gain some ground. Damage […]
Former Maderan doing what she can to help
When a fire tore through Santa Cruz County in August, former Madera Coyote girls volleyball player and current Cabrillo College women’s volleyball head coach Kelsee Montagna knew she had to do something. After talking with her players, Montagna, who is in her third year as the head coach at the Aptos school, put a post […]
Tribune pitches in to help victims
The Madera Tribune is doing its part to help with the victims of the Creek Fire. In addition to being able to accept donations that will go directly to the Red Cross, the Tribune has also attached a subscription to a donation. For a $25 or more donation, donors will also receive a one-year subscription […]
Hammond returned to scene of the crime
Charles Hammond was not only evil, but he was also wily, very wily. In 1917, he convinced his 27-year-old wife to commit bigamy and marry a rich Clovis farmer so that they could kill him and get his ranch. They went to the Courthouse in Madera, got married, and then carried out their nefarious scheme. […]
Opinion: Happy birthday, super hero
The circumstances that surrounds one of Madera’s super heroes marks March 17, 2004 as a big day. On that day our then managing editor Charles P. Doud and a group of investors, many of them local, incorporated Madera Printing and Publishing to rescue The Madera Tribune from the metaphorical scrapheap. He is celebrating his 79th […]
Opinion: A birthday of historic proportion
Today is somebody’s birthday. No, no, no. I’m not going to tell you who is the lucky birthday boy right at the top of this column, but I’ll drop a few hints. First, he’s someone who is quite recognizable to a great many Maderans. Second, he shares a bit of history with this newspaper. A […]
Opinion: What is a family?
There was a show on television in the 1950’s called “Father Knows Best,” a sitcom portraying “a typical American family.” Robert Young starred as the father (Jim Anderson), and Jane Wyatt co-starred as the mother (Margaret Anderson). They had three children; two of them were teenagers, and the youngest was a small child. The father, […]
Madera champion continues success story
Every step in life Kelsee Montagna has taken, she has had success. Although not without the hard work and dedication she has put into it, Montagna continues to succeed even now as the head indoor and beach volleyball coach at Cabrillo College in Aptos. Montagna, who graduated from Madera High School in 2012, had gone […]