

Madera board gets lesson in black history
For The Madera Tribune Shown here is a piece that was clearly once part of Gabriel Bibbard Moore's tombstone. Dixieland students plan to...
Bill Coate
Jun 13, 2020


Holding on to the Hensley family
Madera County Historical Society Olive Hensley is shown here with her sons Leonard and Earl and her husband; we are just not sure which...
Bill Coate
Jun 13, 2020
Opinion: PG&E bankruptcy: Was outcome ever in doubt?
It’s fair to ask a simple question as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. gets set to exit bankruptcy sometime before a June 30 deadline: Was the...
Tom Elias
Jun 4, 2020


Searching the cemetery: ‘Everything is findable’
Madera County Historical Society Raymond, Calif., around the time that Henry Jones shot himself in the town’s blacksmith shop. Henry S....
Bill Coate
May 30, 2020
Letter: Remember those we lost
Today is a sad day for me remembering all of my Buddies I left in Vietnam. You always hear that “It gets better with time.” Well as I am...
For The Madera Tribune
May 29, 2020


Murder on the Mordecai ranch
For The Madera Tribune Jion Singh Dhandah is shown here in this San Quentin Prison photo after killing a farm worker at the Mordecai...
Bill Coate
May 20, 2020


Suspect shot and killed by deputies
For The Madera Tribune Artemio Alfaro, pictured here in a recent booking photo at the Madera County jail was shot and killed Wednesday...
DJ Becker
May 2, 2020


Death came to soldier in a dream
For The Madera Tribune This Madera Tribune article announced Tony Faso’s death in 1944. Charles and Tony Faso were part of a large Madera...
Bill Coate
Apr 29, 2020









