Opinion: At last, someone slows wildland development
For decades, it’s been a truism of California life and politics: The more development pushes out into formerly wild lands, the more...
Tom Elias
Feb 23, 2022
Opinion: California continues as cash cow
A look at the six national ZIP codes which contributed the most to the presidential campaign fund of President Biden through the summer...
Tom Elias
Feb 16, 2022


Trouble in the tax collector’s office
For The Madera Tribune Charles Preciado is shown here on the far left. This family photo was taken at the Preciado home on North B...
Bill Coate
Jan 29, 2022
Opinion: Wildfire fear halts housing project
We’ve had some rain lately. Most people have welcomed the precipitation, and the same people are also happy when the rain stops and the...
Jim Glynn
Jan 22, 2022
Opinion: Lottery, like taxes, is a rip-off
As I write this column, the California Lottery Powerball jackpot is $540,000,000, the Mega Millions Lottery is $244,000,000, and the...
Jim Glynn
Jan 15, 2022


Update from Madera’s City Manager
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Habitat for Humanity and the City of Madera recently rewarded five families with homes on Malone...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 15, 2022


Madera Fire awarded grant for equipment
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Fire Department engineer Ryan Lorenc holds one of the “Jaws of LIfe” the department purchased with a...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 1, 2022
Book Talk: Attacking U.S. energy resources
Recently, I read an advertisement for “The Island,” a just-released novel by Ben Coes. The brief blurb informs us that the book is about...
Jim Glynn
Dec 29, 2021




