Charlie Kirk brought his message close to home
Christian activist Charlie Kirk, who just last week was in the South Valley speaking at an event at Visalia First Church, was killed in a...
Bill Coate
Sep 17


Madera County honors 9/11 first responders
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The crowd stands for the singing of the national anthem during the 9/11 event. Madera County...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 13
Spammers and scammers
Cleaning out my emails has proven to be a very time-consuming task. If I could just receive emails that are important to me, and not the...
Nancy Simpson
Sep 13
Book Talk: Atwood, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
During the past few months, I’ve seen many references to Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1984, 311 pages in softcover format)....
Jim Glynn
Sep 10


Hard work was Barsotti legacy
For The Madera Tribune The Barsotti bakery in Madera. The 32 year-old Italian packed his bags and prepared to leave his native village of...
Bill Coate
Sep 10
Opinion: AI in the super market
When I was sixteen and seventeen, I was a carry-out boy for Lucky Stores in Palo Alto. But three months before I turned 18, I graduated...
Jim Glynn
Sep 6
Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Twenty years ago, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, I went home to visit my family. At this time, I had already been a Maderan for 10...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 3
Madera Fair provides extra fun, extra value, surprises
The 2025 Madera Fair presented by Valley Children’s Healthcare, September 4-7, is bringing extra fun, extra value, and extra surprises...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 30