John Rieping
County’s media team is honored
California State Association of Counties recently awarded its Challenge Award to Madera County government’s Public Information Team for...
John Rieping
Ballot error produces 183 invalid votes
The voter called election officials the Friday after election day, and the department notified the county’s contracted ballot printer...
The Business Journal of Fresno and The Madera
High speed rail slammed in audit
The California High-Speed rail project, tracks for which are under construction in Madera County, has come in for blistering criticism...


Tyler Takeda
MadTown Robotics takes top spot
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune As volunteers reset the field, more than 40 teams competed at the ninth annual MadTown Throwdown this...


Tyler Takeda
Madtown Robotics readies for throwdown
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The Madtown Robotics team works on their robot during the annual MadTown Throwdown Robotics...
Tami Jo Nix
An invitation to passersby to worship
Sunset Avenue serves Madera as something akin to a boulevard of churches. Not all of Madera’s houses of worship have a Sunset Avenue...


Bill Coate
First stage raised ruckus in Fresno Flats
Madera County Historical Society These visitors are shown traveling on the Madera to Yosemite Road in 1882, three years after the first...
Tom Elias
State narrowly escaped grid scheme
For months, the concept of a Western regional electricity grid advanced steadily through the Legislature, pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and...