Letter: Yosemite location can be shared with the world
Across the world, families are looking for educational moments and entertainment for young and old alike. With the humans hibernating and...
For The Madera Tribune
May 2, 2020
Letter: Is Earth Day worth the cost and trouble?
Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day. Waste of time? Looks like it. Just look around. Every street. Every freeway. Every parking lot is...
For The Madera Tribune
Apr 29, 2020
Letter: ‘Look but don’t touch’
We recently were shown pictures of a beautiful poppy field northwest of Madera. We were told that the farmer was growing poppies for seed...
For The Madera Tribune
Apr 22, 2020
The man who discovered Yosemite
Madera County Historical Society This obelisk marked the grave of Jim Savage. It also marked the location of Savage’s Fresno River...
Bill Coate
Apr 22, 2020
Travel: Maderan greets whale sharks underwater
Courtesy of Manuel Rios Madera traveler Manuel Rios photographs a whale shark, which he said was estimated to be about 10 tons. Manuel...
For The Madera Tribune
Apr 18, 2020
S.F. earthquake rattled County’s mountains
Madera County Historical Society The timber industry provided work and play for a lot of people, including the workers shown here. Some...
Bill Coate
Apr 2, 2020
City kisses mistletoe goodbye to preserve urban forest
Courtesy of Joseph Carello City staff prune mistletoe clusters from trees on Mainberry Drive. When not helping to make the season bright,...
For The Madera Tribune
Mar 7, 2020
Opinion: What proper utility maintenance could have prevented
Back in the good old pre-2017 days when many Californians paid little or no attention to the approximately dollar-a-month maintenance...
Tom Elias
Feb 5, 2020
