Opinion: Legal pot grows more popular, dangers disregarded
Billboards offering home delivery of legal marijuana decorate the streets of every major city in California. Licensed pot shops sporting...
Tom Elias
Aug 14, 2019
Letter: Retired farmer takes issue with Doud column
Several years before our 2017 retirement from production agriculture, I sadly had to abandon T&D Willey Farm signature crops, green beans...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 7, 2019


Ficklin Vineyards ports, made in Madera, garner Gold as most honored in the U.S.
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Peter Ficklin of Ficklin Vineyards displays his award winning Ports. Ficklin Vineyards has accepted...
For The Madera Tribune
Jul 17, 2019
Cannabis growers asked to comment on permit process
The majority of cannabis farmers are not joining the legal market and we want to know why. The objective is to identify barriers to...
For The Madera Tribune
Jul 10, 2019
Neighbors: Oral History from Madera
This is an excerpt from a new book titled Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California by local author Lawrence F. Lihosit. The author...
For The Madera Tribune
Jun 29, 2019


Three brothers changed Madera
Courtesy of Helen Vannucci Sam and Joy Pistoresi are shown here in their wedding picture. It has been well over 100 years since three...
Bill Coate
Jun 29, 2019


Madera’s ‘Godfather’ is gone
Madera Tribune File Photo Sam Pistoresi, 87, in the garden of his south Madera home. Sam Pistoresi, patriarch of 3 generations of...
Tami Jo Nix
Jun 26, 2019
Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, Part 4
This is an excerpt from a new book titled Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California by local author Lawrence F. Lihosit. The author...
For The Madera Tribune
Jun 26, 2019











