

History in the Week of April 29
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, Tighe’s Department Store was at the center of Madera’s downtown business...
Bill Coate
May 2, 2018
Let’s see ... comparing Randa Jarrar and Barbara Bush
A person whose accomplishments have been few and far between showed earlier this month that if her brains were dynamite, she wouldn’t...
Chuck Doud
Apr 28, 2018


Lawyer Bruce F. Kennedy dies at 77
Tami Jo Nix/The Madera Tribune Theresa and Bruce Kennedy, playing host at their annual St. Patrick’s Day party last year at Ristorante...
Tami Jo Nix
Apr 27, 2018
Documenting terror: Lynching memorial opens
In the American criminal justice system, wealth — not culpability — shapes outcomes. Indigent people are unfairly disadvantaged at every...
Jim Glynn
Apr 27, 2018


Dead man walking in Madera
Madera County Historical Society Soldiers line up for drill at Camp Kearny during World War I. The Army sent Frank Pira here in June...
Bill Coate
Apr 27, 2018


History in the Week of April 22
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, work on Madera’s first gas station began. It was finished a year later. The...
Bill Coate
Apr 25, 2018


History in the Week of April 15
Madera County Historical Society Richard Curtis Jay, shown here in his band uniform, was Madera’s first mortician and an early county...
Bill Coate
Apr 18, 2018
Death Notices: Jose V. Ramon, Pablo Gutierrez-Fraga, Sharon L. Oliveira, Laura Mae Gilbert
Ramon, Jose V., 76yrs Born: January 19, 1942 in Hidalgo, Texas Passed Away: April 3, 2018 in Madera, California. Jose worked in Roofing...
For The Madera Tribune
Apr 11, 2018