Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Participants finish the final lap during the annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes march against sexual assault at Courthouse Park last year. The event is hosted by CAPMC Victim Services. Community Action Partnership, Madera County (CAPMC) is recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month with a couple of events.  One of the events is to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Day on Tuesday by wearing teal.  Then, CAPMC will host N

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Local dignitaries, officials and construction partners gather for a ground-breaking ceremony for Madera County Crisis Stabilization & Sobering Center at 14277 Road 28 on Friday. Madera County took another powerful step forward in improving lives and public safety with the groundbreaking of the new state-of-the-art Crisis Stabilization and Sobering Center Friday morning.  The Center will support thousands of residents battling mental health a

Lamented ‘illegal immigrant Mexicans’ Opponents of illegal immigration recently discovered that they had support for a long time from an unexpected source.  Recently released interviews with iconic union organizer Cesar Chavez have revealed that the founder of the United Farm Workers vigorously opposed immigrants who left their homes in Mexico and entered the United States illegally to labor in agriculture.  In a 1974 interview, which was aired on YouTube last week, Chavez la

Courtesy of Madera Unified School District Andrea Rivera, a senior at Furman Independent Study, delivers her Graduate Profile presentation on Monday, describing the experience as a meaningful step toward graduation. Madera Unified School District continues to strengthen its commitment to preparing students for life beyond high school through its Graduate Profile initiative, now in its second year as a graduation requirement for all seniors. This meaningful capstone experience

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune  Local dignitaries and city officials gather with community members for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly paved and improved walking trail in Lions Town and Country Park on Saturday. Dignitaries and guests converged to the newly refurbished Town and Country Trails for a 5K run/walk to highlight the completion of the trails at the park.  The ribbon was cut Saturday morning and hundreds of people walked or ran through the parks for the 5

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Joseph Holiday, middle back, stands at victory lane with his crew and family after winning the season opener of the Pro Sportman division at the Madera Speedway on Saturday.  2025 Pro Sportsman champion Joseph Holiday of Madera prevailed in Saturday’s 40-lap season opener for the growing division at Madera Speedway. It was a part of a two-pronged night of feature racing which also saw Austin Carter win the season opener for the NCMA Sprint Cars

For The Madera Tribune Asterisk Talley. LOS ANGELES — The top two-ranked players in the Rolex AJGA Girls Rankings — Aphrodite Deng (1) and Chowchilla’s Asterisk Talley (2) — have accepted sponsor invitations to tee it up against the world’s best professional golfers on the LPGA Tour at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro, April 13-19 at El Caballero Country Club in Los Angeles. Talley, 17, will make her second consecutive appearance at the JM Eagle LA Champions

Workers at Redrock Environmental Group voted to join Teamsters Local 431.  This vote and victory to join the Teamsters marks a critical step for the new 30-worker unit, the first unit to organize at the company.  The workers overwhelmingly voiced support for joining the Teamsters in the lead up to the election, knowing the unit will be backed by the union to fight for a contract that delivers safety at the workplace, good wages and strong health care benefits for workers at t