Opinion: Saying goodbye to old friends
I lost a dear friend last week. Gary Espinoza, 68, died on April 23, 2019. I met Gary when I was a freshman and he was a senior at Madera...
Tami Jo Nix
May 4, 2019
Probe of plane crash ongoing
A Saturday briefing by the National Transportation Safety Board released little new information and requested the public’s help in...
DJ Becker
May 1, 2019


Washington D.C.’s July 4th tragedy
For The Madera Tribune Former U.S. President Zachary Taylor. No one can deny that President Zachary Taylor’s life was filled with strange...
Bill Coate
Apr 27, 2019


2 aboard plane die in crash
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune An ultra-light aircraft, left, lies in a field north of Avenue 17, not far from the Madera Municipal...
DJ Becker
Apr 26, 2019
Boy, 11, and driver, 17, killed in crash
A 17-year-old boy driving east on Avenue 12 east of Road 34 1/2 was killed Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his 2000 Audi A3...
DJ Becker
Apr 17, 2019


Info still pending about man who died in burning car
Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Madera Police Department An older black BMW was engulfed in flames on Liberty Street across from Lincoln...
DJ Becker
Apr 10, 2019
Woman dies on trail when hit by rock, ice
A Yosemite National Park visitor was killed at about 12:30 p.m. Feb. 24 on the Mist Trail. Xuan Wang, 56, of Cupertino, was hiking on the...
For The Madera Tribune
Mar 2, 2019


Madera grew up, but Lizzie could not be saved
Madera County Historical Society John Barnett was Madera’s Constable when his sister, Elizabeth, died in the family home on Yosemite...
Bill Coate
Feb 27, 2019









