For The Madera Tribune Sections like these along the Vernon McCullough River Trail will be among some of the improvement projects the City of Madera will work on after receiving an $832,350 grant from the California Department of Transportation. The grant will fund litter abatement and improvement projects along the Fresno River and the adjacent Vernon McCullough River Trail. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded the City of Madera $832,350 to fun

This week, the Madera County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) is confirming the first four known cases of the BA.2 Omicron sublineage in Madera County residents. The first Omicron sublineage case was confirmed on March 16, 2022. The following three cases were confirmed on March 17, 2022. All of the individuals have ended isolation. Three were unvaccinated and one was fully vaccinated. The Omicron BA.1 variant contributed to the majority of cases from the surge early this y

Wendy Alexander/the Madera Tribune Liberty’s Nate Medina throws a pitch to the Yosemite Badgers on Friday He allowed just three hits over six innings during a 12-0 victory at Liberty. With their ace on the mound, the Liberty Hawks baseball team easily dispatched the Yosemite-Oakhurst Badgers in the North Sequoia League opener at Liberty. Nate Medina tossed six innings of three-hit ball. He struck out nine and walked two in a dominant performance. “Nate has grown up in a year

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Members of the 2021-2022 Madera Coyotes wrestling team congratulate head coach Joe Romine after he received a themos trophy for his earning his 200th career victory earlier this season. He received his trophy at the team’s banquet last week. Madera Coyotes wrestling coach Joe Romine picked up his 200th career win at the helm of the Coyotes and was honored during last week’s team banquet. Madera Athletic Hall of Famer Corky Napier interrupted th

Benny Munoz/The Madera Tribune Madera shortstop Kailea Ricks makes the stretch at second base for a forceout in the sixth inning of Thursday’s 2-0 victory over the Atwater Falcons. The Madera Coyotes softball team did enough good things to record a non-conference victory over the Atwater Falcons at Zimmerman Field. Madera pitcher Alexis Galvan struck out 11 batters and allowed just a first inning double. She retired 13 straight batters at one point. It’s her fourth double-dig

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune With first baseman Kyalynn Powell charging in, Madera pitcher Alexis Galvan makes a lunging catch on a bunt during the second inning of Saturday’s loss to the Kingsburg Vikings. FRESNO — After getting a good team win against Atwater two days earlier, the Madera Coyotes softball team dropped a pair at Clovis West High School in the Central Tournament over the weekend. The Coyotes faced off with defending Div. I Central Section champions, Clovis

Hot off the press. Released less than two weeks ago. And, I was predisposed NOT to like it. Dolly Parton and James Patterson’s “Run, Rose, Run” is an exception to a rule that I adopted several years ago. The rule is never to buy a book that is supposedly coauthored by James Patterson and some other writer. As I’ve written before, I think this is a dishonest practice because more than a hundred of these books have been published each decade since 2010, 280 books in 22 years. A

For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff/Coroner candidate Ruben Mendoza. Ruben Mendoza formally filed his candidacy as Sheriff/Coroner for the June primary with the support of his wife, Lynette Mendoza and their two daughters, Kamryn and Korina Mendoza. He was born in El Paso, Texas, attended grade school in El Paso, but his parents, Salvador and Juana Mendoza, moved the entire family, five brothers and four sisters, to Los Angeles County where Ruben competed his formal