La Vina farmers rescued John Brown’s dream
John Brown is shown here in 1890. His farming colony near Madera evolved into what is now known as the La Vina District. (Courtesy of The...
Bill Coate
Years ago in the week of Sept. 11
Twenty-five years ago, Sheryl Berry, right, President of Thompson and Gill/Teco, chatted with Becky Brown of the Homemakers School about...
Bill Coate
Junior Fair Board gives leadership opportunity to high school students
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera District Fair junior fair board member, Nikki Sylvester, and her little sister, Lilly, who are...
D. August Promnitz
Almonds remain at the top of Madera County’s ag products
Madera Tribune File Photo Almonds, which held the top spot of Madera County’s leading ag crop in 2014, remained king in 2015 at a value...
Charles Doud
11 Madera FFA members to be awarded American FFA Degree
Eleven local Future Farmers of America members will accept American FFA degrees at the four-day 89th National FFA Convention and Expo in...
The Madera Tribune
New party boosted by election frustrations
In 2011, a handful of U.S. college professors and a few others began to build a political platform for a new party, but it wasn’t until...
John Rieping
Almonds likely still king of county agriculture
County crop report slated for late August Almonds are harvested on a ranch in Madera County. Farmers throughout the county have begun...
John Rieping
Food Expo a success for Madera producers
Debi Bray, right, CEO of the Madera Chamber of Commerce, and fellow members, from left, Annette Kwock, Eugene Bell, and Jim Chin, help...
D. August Promnitz
