50 years ago in the week of Oct. 30, 1966
HORIZON GIRLS STUFF ‘DITTY’ BAGS FOR VIETNAM — Madera High School’s Horizon Girls stuffed ‘ditty’ bags Monday after school with items...
Bill Coate


Years ago in the week of Oct. 16
Courtesy of The Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, Jason Napier was the first recipient of the Madera Exchange...
Bill Coate
VFW scholarship contest opens
Local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1981 wants young people to share their thoughts on patriotism as part of a nationwide student essay...
Tami Jo Nix
Madera High School graduate gets lieutenant colonel’s bars
Madera native Oscar Alanis, Jr., has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. The son of Oscar Alanis,...
For The Madera Tribune


Recalling B-52B’s fall
‘We could see the big plume of smoke and orange flames’ The crash of a Boeing B-52B Stratofortress five miles south of Madera, near...
John Rieping
Ceremony to honor airmen lost in 1956 crash
Grub Gulch Chapter #41-49 of E. Clampus Vitus plans to erect a granite memorial at Courthouse Park Saturday to mark the 60-year...
For The Madera Tribune


Safety Zone attracts fair-goers of all ages
CHP officer Josh McConnell hands out stickers at the Safety Zone attraction at the Madera District Fair on Friday during Kids Day. (Wendy...
D. August Promnitz
Annual event will celebrate military and first responders
In recognition of America’s military, and Madera County’s first responders, the Madera District Fair will be holding Community Day, and...
D. August Promnitz