Madera County News

The Antique and Classic Wooden Boat Show will be held this weekend at the Bass Lake Marina and Pines Resort.

State fire officials in Madera County say the fire at Yosemite Lakes Park broke out shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday and quickly grew to 91 acres, burning one home and threatening 40 other homes and buildings.

A wildfire in the the Yosemite Lake Park area has already destroyed one home and others are still threatened.

A new Census Bureau report finds population going down everywhere in the country -- except California, where it's going up in most metropolitan areas, especially smaller ones.

A large group of employees and veterans came out to take a lap around the VA hospital in support of veterans without homes.

A Fresno couple were awarded more than $1.4 million in Fresno County Superior Court after they claimed a Kerman real estate broker defrauded them out of thousands of dollars for a building project that never was completed.

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson announced Tuesday, May 14 that two members of the Madera County Sheriff’s Office have been selected, by their peers, as employees of the year.

Madera County Sheriff's deputies say 18-year-old Tyler David Johnson broke into a home in Bonadelle Ranchos and got away with birth certificates, social security cards, four rifles, a hunting bow, four BB guns and a digital camera.

A fire burning north of Beasore Creek and three miles off the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway in Madera County is 25% under control after burning about 40 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday.

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Fresno Police officer Antonio Route is assigned to the Fresno Area Express beat, but a concertgoer might run into him working a detail at the Save Mart Center.

A new volunteer fire station in North Fork — a community goal many years in the making — has become a reality, celebrated Friday morning with more than 100 people during a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting for Station 11.

A 35-year-old Madera County man is in jail after his middle school child took snack treats laced with marijuana and shared them with classmates, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said.

The father of a Madera middle-school student accused of bringing pot-laced Rice Krispies to school is now charged with a variety of felonies.

These are just some of the reasons we hear when people ask to stay for free in our spare bedroom .

The Madera County Grand Jury recently criticized the Madera County District Attorney's Office, stating the office has not prosecuted a majority of alleged crimes committed within the Madera County jail, resulting in a "safety issue for officers and inmates." In its recent reports, the Grand Jury also stated that the Madera County Department of ... (more)

It is said that if you ever saw how sausage was made, you would never eat it. And so it was that after watching the proceedings of the State Assembly Organizational Committee in Sacramento last Wednesday I felt sickness in my stomach and disillusionment in my heart.

On Wednesday, frustrated family and friends of a murdered Madera teen, Krista Pike, gathered to hold a rally.

Motorists who regularly travel Highway 99 between Fresno and Madera know the frustrations and white-knuckle moments that congestion can create in the highway's tight, two-lane stretch.

INTRO: CALIFORNIA WATER COMES FROM TWO SOURCES. RAIN AND SNOW WHICH FALLS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND FROM UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS.