Sheriff’s detectives bust pot enterprise
Sheriff’s Detectives on Wednesday shut down an illegal marijuana growing operation and other criminal activities in Oakhurst. After...
The Madera Tribune
New sink hole opens at Schnoor and Howard; intersection closed
The intersection of Howard Road and Schnoor Avenue, where traffic is being diverted while crews work to repair a sinkhole that opened in...
D. August Promnitz
Busy 4th of July weekend expected at Yosemite
Yosemite National Park officials anticipate a busy Fourth of July weekend and urge visitors to arrive at the park early to avoid...
For The Madera Tribune
Scientists find deep aquifers in Valley
Under the Central Valley lies nearly three times as much fresh groundwater and four times as much drinking water than previously...
John Rieping
Williamson Act and climate change
Back in 2007, when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger desperately cast about for ways to cut the deficit-ridden state budget, he suddenly...
Tom Elias
The crisis growing in our forests
It was shocking to learn this week, through a U.S. Forest Service news release, that the Southern Sierra Nevada has a dead-tree count of...
Chuck Doud
First Family visiting Yosemite
Busy weekend expected at park The National Park Service will be working doubly hard this weekend, both to host President Obama and his...
John Rieping
Obama touring Yosemite, seeing God’s country
Welcome, President Obama and family, to Madera County and Yosemite National Park. Not only is the first family taking a vacation, Obama...
Chuck Doud
