Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Backstreet Bar and Grill’s Stacey Miller, center, triumphantly holds the Clam Chowder Cook-Off trophy after winning it for the second year in a row Saturday. From left are Sugar Pine Smokehouse’s Lisa Gill, The Waffle Spot’s Kim Praytor, Miller, Robs Bayside BBQ Rob Hyatt and Black Bear Diner’s Jerry Rodriguez. More than 200 people came out to judge some of Madera’s best clam chowder and voted Backstreet Bar and Grill their favorite for the

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune J Perriguey and Violet Konkle are employees at the new Boot Barn at 2220 W. Cleveland Ave. They are hosting a grand opening April 1st-3rd and a ribbon cutting ceremony April 1 at noon. Boot Barn Holdings, Inc., the largest western and workwear retailer in the nation, will celebrate the opening of its newest store this weekend at the 21,000-square-foot facility at 2220 W. Cleveland Avenue. Boot Barn will celebrate its grand opening from April

Roger Scott became a father in 1989. They told him he had a son. This was the only child he would have. Roger thanked God for this miracle of life, but little did he know just how big that miracle really was. The child was named Jordan, and in time God used the son to work another miracle in Roger’s life. The baby would one day save his dad from an early grave. Jordan and Roger were inseparable. They did so many things together. They were avid fishing buddies. The dad taught

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South ace Murf Gray throws a pitch during Thursday’s loss to the Edison Tigers at Eddie Chapa Field. After playing one of the top teams in the Central Section tough to open the County/Metro Athletic Conference, the Madera South Stallions baseball team dropped a pair at home to finish the first week. The Stallions dropped a tough 5-2 decision to Bullard-Fresno on Tuesday. With ace Murf Gray on the mound, the Stallions couldn’t find eno

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera shortstop Kailea Ricks tags out a Clovis North runner trying to head back to second in the fifth inning Thursday. The Madera Coyotes softball team hung with one of the top teams in the state, but couldn’t maintain it for the full seven inning during a 13-1 loss to Clovis North at Zimmerman Field. The Broncos scored 10 runs in the fourth and fifth innings to produce the mercy-rule victory Thursday afternoon. The Coyotes cut the lead do

Courtesy of Madera speedway Jason Aguirre ran at the front from the beginning to win his third Smokey Hanoian Classic on Saturday at the Madera Speedway. The Madera Speedway is celebrating 51 years of racing at the fastest 1/3 mile in the West in 2022 with a variety of motorsports action. The first club race of the season took place on a beautiful California afternoon where fans enjoyed perfect weather to celebrate one of the longest running events at the Madera Speedway know

First published in The News Tribune, Tacoma on May 1, 1985. As I write this, my body says it should be 4 p.m., but the clock on the wall says 5 p.m. I am still running on standard time, even though all the clocks are running on daylight-saving time. When I awoke this morning, the man on the radio said it was 5:30. I thought he was lying, because my body thought it was only 4:30 and had another hour to snooze. The man on the radio had to say 5:30 three or four times before he

“How It Happened” (2018, 353 pages in paperback) by Michael Koryta is a murder mystery which appears to be no mystery at all because it begins with a confession by the killer. But it is one of the best mysteries that I’ve read. Koryta is another author who is new to me, and I don’t know why that is. His first novel, a best seller titled “Tonight I Said Goodbye,” was published in 2004 when he was only 21. Lieutenant Don Johansson, who was sitting in an adjacent room to the int