Recycle and reuse to keep our space clean
There is a lot of trash in California. In Madera County the Fairmead Landfill does what it can to recycle and then bury the rest. City...
Tami Jo Nix
Jan 26, 2018


History in the Week of Jan. 21
Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, the Madera Wagon Train crossed the Colorado River into California. The local...
Bill Coate
Jan 24, 2018
Insurance disaster follows climate
Climate change, if you ask most state experts, has already created a wildfire crisis in California. In the process, it’s causing a fire...
The Madera Tribune
Jan 17, 2018
Nature supplies plenty of daylight time
You may have noticed the days are getting longer as January wends its way through the early weeks of this year, and that should tell you...
Chuck Doud
Jan 13, 2018
Raindrops falling on my head…
The rain this week has been glorious. Lawns that were turning brown, owned by frugal water users, are getting a good long drink. Everyone...
Tami Jo Nix
Jan 12, 2018
Homeowners struggle to get fire insurance
SACRAMENTO — California’s top insurance regulator said Thursday that insurers are increasingly refusing to offer homeowner’s policies in...
The Madera Tribune and the Associated Press
Jan 6, 2018
Crossing the threshold of unintended consequences
Early January in California often means — as the announcer used to warn us in introducing each episode of The Twilight Zone — there’s a...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 3, 2018


Local man catches record-breaking fish
For The Madera Tribune Joe Snyder Jr. and the pole-bending catfish he caught at Eastman Lake. A relaxing day at Eastman Lake turned into...
Tyler Takeda
Jan 1, 2018









