Helicopter crashes during search and rescue
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a Garmin activation notification from a hiker who suffered a possible broken ankle in the...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 3, 2023
Suspicious death in La Vina
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a deceased adult male at a migrant laborer community in the 23000 block of Avenue...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 3, 2023
Book Talk: Lorenzo Carcaterra, ‘Tin Badges’
I can’t help myself. When I see the bin full of remainder books at the supermarket, I must go dumpster diving. But truth be told, most...
Jim Glynn
Oct 3, 2023
Fraud at local charter school: Wrapping it up
A full accounting of the alleged fraud by Nicholas Retana, former Executive Director of the ETAA Charter School, in the amount of...
Bill Coate
Sep 29, 2023
Local charter school fraud:
Following the money More than $1 million is missing from Ezequiel Tafoya Alvarado Charter School, and a charge of fraud against former...
Bill Coate
Sep 28, 2023


Texas transplant didn’t mess up
For The Madera Tribune Albert Wilburn. The black farmer strode to the fence that separated his 170-acre farm from his white neighbor’s...
Bill Coate
Sep 27, 2023


Audit: $1M misspent at ETAA
For The Madera Tribune Ezequial Tafoya Alvarado Academy’s former director Nicholas Retana has been investigated for embezzling school...
Bill Coate
Sep 23, 2023
Health records accidentally released
Last month, Madera County received notice from a vendor, which provides an electronic health record system to the County, that the vendor...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 23, 2023









