The Linkage Foundation, in partnership with Madera Unified School District, is excited to announce the Student Champion Hall of Fame. As a hall of fame, it will induct up to 10 staff every year that have made an impact on the lives of students that have attended Madera Unified schools. The Hall of Fame started with an idea from MUSD Superintendent Todd Lile, and details were worked out by Linkage Foundation President Tim Riche’ during the summer. After meeting with retired te

onetallchef, Wikimedia Commons Dip some crusty French or Italian bread into a bowl of warm and savory crab dip. While I realize that Dungeness crabs are not to be found in most stores at this time (unless frozen), I still have a craving for them. I also dearly love Alaskan king crab legs, but I miss the large ones I used to be able to buy just about anywhere that had a seafood counter. Now all I can find are the much smaller ones, that while still labeled as Alaskan king crab

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Michael Tate, president of Three Monkeys Brewing, displays one of his Yosemite Falls IPA beers. Three Monkeys Brewing announced their facilitation of marketing efforts to drive investor interest into the “Three Monkeys Brewing Company” brand of superior quality beer. Now crowdfunding investors have the opportunity to “Join the Monkey Nation” by investing in an award-winning craft beer brewery brand, announced Aug. 24. Three Monkeys Brewing i

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Madera County Sheriff W.B. Thurman. No history of the West is complete without a recitation of outlaw depredations. Every region has its favorite law-breaker lore, and every historian seems to take great pains to record those stories. While many of these accounts have proved to be a combination of a little fact and a whole lot of fanciful fiction, some are so well documented that there is no doubt of their veracity. Such is the