Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Community members join hands to sing “We Shall Overcome” at the conclusion of Sunday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Local Host Committee put together a program for the annual MLK celebration that was superb, according to many who attended. Alejandro Juarez, Principal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School served as emcee for the afternoon. The nearly 250 attendees were welcomed by Donald Holley, presiden

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Adam Romero, left, and Olga Saucedo-Garcia from the City of Madera Parks and Community Services are joined by members of Big Valley Horseshoe League members. From second from left are Mike Jones, Bobby Chavira, Jason Longcor and Harlen Rippetoe following the completion of horseshoe pit renovations made by the league at Pan American Center on Wednesday. The Big Valley Horseshoe League of Madera has completed renovation of two horseshoe courts

For The Madera Tribune Madera Unfiied School District will open its new Parent Resource Center at a ceremony Thursday at 10 a.m. Madera Unified School District has announced the opening of its newest Parent Resource Center, a welcoming space designed to support and empower families as partners in student success.  The center reflects the District’s commitment to strengthening family engagement and providing parents with resources to support learning at home. The Parent Resour

The City of Madera will begin its youth baseball coed league in April. The league is open to 4-5 year olds for a T-ball league and 6-7 year olds for a coach pitch league.  Team head coaches are needed. There will be one practice per week and games will be held Saturday mornings at Town and Country Park.. Registration deadline is March 8 and league begins April 11.

The Madera Coyote baseball and softball teams will begin its seasons with an Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner. The Coyote baseball team will honor Mark Beyer and Alec Mehrten during the Coyote Baseball Fundraiser Dinner on February 7 at San Joaquin Wine Co. (21821 Avenue 16). The dinner will include silent and live auctions and a raffle. Tickets are $60 each or $450 for a table of eight. Doors open at 5 and dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

For The Madera Tribune Educators attend a session during the 2025 Central Valley Literacy Conference. The 20th Annual Central Valley Literacy Conference will bring together educators from across the Central Valley to celebrate two decades of literacy leadership and innovation on February 3 at Madera County Superintendent of Schools’ Conference Center. This year’s conference is themed “Chapters of Change: Celebrating 20 Years of Literacy Leadership,” and will feature keynote p

For The Madera Tribune Hard work by Madera firefighters saved lives when the Alta Hotel burned in 1931. As Maderans neared the end of the 1920s, they were full of optimism. Prospects of oil wells on the outskirts of town danced in the heads of some local capitalists, while others dreamed of raising the funds to build a brand new, four-story hotel on Yosemite Avenue. In the end, however, both schemes failed, and the town entered the 1930s rather tentatively as the nation’s eco

For The Madera Tribune Duane Furman, shown here in 1966, was chosen as the first superintendent of MUSD. The California gold rush was still in its infancy when Californians sat down to write their state constitution in 1849, and even in those rough and tumble frontier days, public education was at the fore of everyone’s mind. What followed in the wake of the subsequent population explosions in the Golden State was the proliferation of tiny, one-room schools, each forming a se