Opinion: CPUC getting key roles despite scandals, conflicts
No public agency in California history has a rap sheet quite like that of the California Public Utilities Commission: It consistently...
Tom Elias


Looking back at Lincoln School
Madera County Historical Society This photograph was one of many that Lincoln principal James Pyer stuck in his album. It appears to be...
Bill Coate
Letter: Is Trump keeping his economic promises?
Then-Presidential candidate and now President Donald J. Trump made numerous economic promises. Let’s examine whether he has kept those...
For The Madera Tribune
Letter: What do you do with late fees?
Here is a question for the billing department of the City of Madera: When I write a check that goes from my bank electronically to your...
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City workers protest wages
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Protestors hold signs in front of the Madera City Hall Wednesday night asking for what they called...
DJ Becker
Opinion: Newsom looking scared during fire season
At times during this fall’s still simmering fire season, rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom looked a little like a scared rabbit as he ping-ponged...
Tom Elias


Sheriff challenged from the inside
Madera County Historical Society Sheriff W.O. Justice. In 1927, the people of Madera County elected Welton Rhodes as their sheriff. In...
Bill Coate
Opnion: Walking around town
One thing you notice about Madera is how everybody who lives here loves the place — or says they do. “I just love this small-town...
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