Opinion: Mourning a community giant
With great sorrow, I learned of the death of Madera business great, David L. Berry, on July 23, 2021. A contractor responsible for...
Tami Jo Nix
Jul 31, 2021


Madera mourns longtime builder, benefactor Berry
Courtesy of the Madera Chamber of Commerce David L. Berry, 94, of Berry Construction and his wife Patti. David died Friday. Graveside...
Tami Jo Nix
Jul 28, 2021


Grave robber failed in Madera
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Sheriff John Barnett is shown here on the right with bank robber Earl McCrory in 1923,...
Bill Coate
Jul 17, 2021


Obituary: Armando Serrano Romero
It is with broken hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of our Beloved Armando Serrano Romero at the age of 71. He entered this...
For The Madera Tribune
Jul 2, 2021
Opinion: Celebrating a life well lived
On Tuesday friends and colleagues of The Madera Tribune held a celebration of life for our late owner/publisher Charles Packard Doud at...
Tami Jo Nix
Jun 26, 2021


Ancestry.com unravels local mystery
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The family of Manuel DaCosta from left, Sally Sepulveda, Gladys Deniz, Cheryl and Gordon Fischer and...
Tami Jo Nix
Jun 19, 2021


How the woman faced the outlaw
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Abby West Minturn is buried on the banks of the Chowchilla River, not far from where she...
Bill Coate
Jun 16, 2021


Young man’s fight; old man’s war
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Herbert Macon is shown here sitting on his father, Horace Macon’s, knee. His mother,...
Bill Coate
Jun 2, 2021











