Bill Coate
Coarse gold created Coarsegold
For The Madera Tribune The tiny village of Coarsegold is shown here circa 1920. The discovery of placers of coarse gold in the area...
For The Madera Tribune
Letters: Without garlands or twinkle lights
Without garlands or twinkle lights, the Nation’s Christmas Tree lives in Kings Canyon National Park just up the hill from us, designated...
Bill Coate
Madera had the longest flume
For The Madera Tribune This lumber flume built by the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company was exactly 65.9 miles long, according to the...
For The Madera Tribune
Injunction puts hold on GSP project fees
The Valley Groundwater Coalition was granted a Preliminary Injunction on December 6, stopping the County of Madera from imposing or...
Tyler Takeda
Mother Nature gifts an early present
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Standing water, from recent rain puddles, settles along orchards in Madera County. Christmas came a...
For The Madera Tribune
Letters: Senate Bill 1383
In last month’s City of Madera bill, there was a flier reminding us about SB1383, regarding our need to reduce organic waste disposal...
Tyler Takeda
Farmers enjoy rain, but stall harvest
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Standing water could still be found in almond orchards Wednesday afternoon after more than an inch of...
Nancy Simpson
Heloise, give me a hint
In the late 1950s, a woman named Heloise Bowles Cruse began writing a column called “Hints from Heloise.” This became a syndicated...
