OAKHURST — Located just 14 miles south of Yosemite National Park, Bass Lake is known by locals and visitors for its sparkling warm waters, abundance of outdoor activities, family-friendly resorts, and amazing lakeside dining.  Many families return year after year, making this destination a family tradition packed with memories, events, and relaxing days on the water.  Lake days are coming up soon, as the south shore resorts,

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

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune James Taubert Park, a new neighborhood recreation site, at the corner of Olive Avenue and Knox Street, is currently under construction. Construction is officially underway on James Taubert Park, a new neighborhood recreation site at the corner of Olive Avenue and Knox Street. The project will bring an approximately $2.3 million investment to the surrounding neighborhood, according to City officials. The park is being developed on land that b

For The Madera Tribune The historic Shay #12 steam engine will make its way to California to the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad next week. FISH CAMP — A rare and historic moment in California rail history is set to unfold as Shay #12, a nearly century-old steam locomotive, returns to California to join Shay #10 and Shay #15 at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. Built in April 1926, Shay #12 is a 60-ton, three-truck Shay steam engine that powered logging operati

For The Madera Tribune Members of the Big Valley Horseshoe League gathered for a photo at City Hall after presenting a request for more pitching courts during a City Council meeting last month. The Big Valley horseshoe League was out in force at a recent Madera City Council Meeting.  Approximately 30 league players attended the meeting in support of a request to build eight additional horseshoe pitching courts at Rotary Park. The league currently has 12 courts available for l

The Madera Elks Lodge 1918 will host its annual Hoop Shoot contest on Saturday at the John Wells Youth Center (701 E. 5th Street). Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with competition beginning at 10 a.m. There will be six different divisions — 8-9-year-old boys and girls, 10-11-year-old boys and girls, and 12-13-year-old boys and girls.  The contest is free to all children, no matter their pyramid.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Crews from Tosted Asphalt work on improvements to Lions Town and Country Park. Construction has started on a long-planned trail improvement project at Lions Town and Country Park in Madera. The project will reconstruct nearly one mile of existing pathways, replacing weathered decomposed granite surfaces with new asphalt trails featuring defined edging and striping.  Once complete, the upgrades will provide safer and more accessible routes fo

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Christian Johnson, who took third place in the 105-mile World’s Toughest Mudder last November, will be attempting to run 50 kilometers in seven consecutive days on seven different continents, beginning November 15. Madera has a reputation for “growing” great runners. Look at the many Central Section championship plaques at Madera, Madera South and Matilda Torres high schools. However, none of those schools boast someone who is going to do what