Democracy, so worth the effort
Blessings to all our Military Veterans as we celebrated Veterans Day on Wednesday. Each year at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the...
Tami Jo Nix
Nov 14, 2020


Liberty’s Hodges ready for civilian world
Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune File Photo Kayla Hodges works the ball around a defender for the Liberty Hawks in 2007. Hodges received...
Tyler Takeda
Aug 26, 2020
Where have all the flowers gone?
Back in the 1950s, Pete Seeger wrote a folk song called “Where have all the flowers gone?” This song was sung by several other groups...
Nancy Simpson
Jul 11, 2020


Civil War veteran forgotten
Madera County Historical Society Richard Curtis Jay, shown here in his band uniform, buried Madera Civil War veteran Alexander Stevens in...
Bill Coate
Jul 4, 2020
Letter: Remember those we lost
Today is a sad day for me remembering all of my Buddies I left in Vietnam. You always hear that “It gets better with time.” Well as I am...
For The Madera Tribune
May 29, 2020


Raleigh ‘Buddy’ Rhodes, a Madera hero
For The Madera Tribune Lt. Commander Raleigh Rhodes, shown here, survived WWII to become a Blue Angel. Raleigh “Buddy” Rhodes was...
Bill Coate
May 14, 2020


Chowchilla student receives Air Force Academy nomination
For The Madera Tribune Chowchilla Union High School student Dylan Tomlinson, right, receives nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy by...
For The Madera Tribune
May 6, 2020


Death came to soldier in a dream
For The Madera Tribune This Madera Tribune article announced Tony Faso’s death in 1944. Charles and Tony Faso were part of a large Madera...
Bill Coate
Apr 29, 2020









