Calif. AG conditionally approves sale of MCH
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta conditionally approved the sale of financially distressed Madera Community Hospital to...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 16, 2022


Madera had the longest flume
For The Madera Tribune This lumber flume built by the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company was exactly 65.9 miles long, according to the...
Bill Coate
Dec 14, 2022


Chavira retires from AT&T after 43 years
For The Madera Tribune Richard Chavira. What began as a job for 20-year-old Richard Chavira turned into a 43-year, nine-month career that...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 11, 2022
We’re not on strike
I just heard on the news that the employees of The New York Times went on a 24-hour strike for “a fair contract.” I won’t go into any...
Nancy Simpson
Dec 10, 2022
Opinion: A nation of laws, not men?
Recently, in my Book Talk column that appears in the Wednesday edition of this newspaper, I posed a question asked by a fictional rabbi...
Jim Glynn
Dec 10, 2022


Winery to host sip and shop event
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Kirsten Hefner, owner of smallshop.with_k sells homemade items and will host a vendor fair at San...
Tyler Takeda
Dec 2, 2022
Opinion: Andrew Gross, ‘Button Man’
Kirkus Reviews, a highly credible source, calls Andrew Gross’ “Button Man” (2018, 371 pages) a “highly satisfying story of family...
Jim Glynn
Nov 30, 2022


The preacher fought the Owl saloon
For The Madera Tribune Madera’s “tenderloin” district can be seen here on the left of the photo. This area was home to the Owl Saloon in...
Bill Coate
Nov 26, 2022



