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The holiday season is right around the corner, and before you can say “Ho, Ho, Ho,” it will be the first of the year 2020. So, don’t...
Nancy Simpson
Nov 9, 2019
Opinion: Newsom looking scared during fire season
At times during this fall’s still simmering fire season, rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom looked a little like a scared rabbit as he ping-ponged...
Tom Elias
Nov 6, 2019


Sheriff challenged from the inside
Madera County Historical Society Sheriff W.O. Justice. In 1927, the people of Madera County elected Welton Rhodes as their sheriff. In...
Bill Coate
Nov 2, 2019
Opinion: Maybe he owns it, too…
Maybe you know more about this than I do, but I am not sure what Gov. Gavin Newsom meant when he said he “owned” the PG&E blackouts. Some...
Chuck Doud
Nov 2, 2019
Oh, those classifieds
Do you remember years ago when newspapers were thick, and everyone in the family looked forward to reading the newspaper? The daily paper...
Nancy Simpson
Nov 2, 2019
Opnion: Walking around town
One thing you notice about Madera is how everybody who lives here loves the place — or says they do. “I just love this small-town...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 30, 2019
Letter: Writer treads on California Democrats
I received an email from my assemblyman advising that the Dumocrats in Sacramento now want to pass a bill requiring anyone buying a gun...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 30, 2019


Crappa Brothers was a busy place
Madera County Historical Society Frank Crappa is shown here standing on the far right. His brother, Joe Crappa, is on the inside behind...
Bill Coate
Oct 19, 2019









