

Where was Borden?
For The Madera Tribune The Borden Hotel. When the folks in charge of the High Speed Rail began to talk of starting the project at Borden,...
Bill Coate
Oct 11, 2025


Maderan Frank Flores celebrates 100th
For The Madera Tribune Frank Flores (center) celebrates his 100th birthday, and poses with his three children. From left are Ron Flores,...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 7, 2025
Letters: They have to chase it
Donald Trump should be a dog trainer, the kind who teaches dogs to fetch. Trump can throw a stick halfway around the world and Democrats...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 7, 2025


The queen of Bethard Square
For The Madera Tribune From left are Emma Josephine Bethards, her grandmother Josephine Eugenia Lentz Bethards, and sister Millie Ellen...
Bill Coate
Oct 7, 2025
Opinion: China’s long game, part III — China in MENA
In a 2016 issue of Forbes magazine, Helen H. Wang wrote, “The new Silk Roads already have momentum.Earlier last year, Beijing announced...
Jim Glynn
Oct 4, 2025
My Facebook friends
In the more than seven decades since I have been walking around on this earth, I have lived in eight states and one foreign country....
Nancy Simpson
Oct 4, 2025


Fresno’s Sour grapes
For The Madera Tribune Madera’s new high school, built in 1904. Madera was founded in 1876 as part of Fresno County. During its first two...
Bill Coate
Oct 4, 2025
Letters: They don’t want two sides to get along
First of all, I would to thank and commend John Bowers for his great letter in a recent edition of The Madera Tribune about Charlie Kirk....
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 1, 2025









