Tom Elias
Opinion: Freeway toll lane bait-and-switch expands
Traffic rules and traffic jams act as one of the few true equalizers in American life. The rules cover everyone equally, drivers of 1993...
Tami Jo Nix
Opinion: Big box nightmares
This week I visited what I think of as the big Big Box store on Shaw Avenue at State Route 99 in Fresno. As usual, it was a near madhouse...
Tami Jo Nix
Opinion: In the loving arms of family
Tennessee is beautiful this time of year. I spent last week just outside Nashville, in the community of Spring Hill. Beautiful homes,...


Bill Coate
Taking the Titanic to Madera
Jim Barsotti/For The Madera Tribune Eugenia Genovesi Barsotti is shown here with her husband, Nello Barsotti on their wedding day in...
Tom Elias
Opinion: Covid surge boosts case for vaccine passports
While cowardly politicians run as fast as they can from the concept of requiring vaccine passports to enter most public spaces, the...
James Glynn
Opinion: Speed limit — gallop to Autobahn
Remember driving along the highway, making good time, enjoying a road that was pretty much free of cars and trucks. Remember looking in...
For The Madera Tribune
Yosemite tourism officials offer advice for park reservations
OAKHURST — California’s tourism sector is roaring back to life, and although the rest of the state is easing restrictions, Yosemite...


Bill Coate
Barsottis found the land of promise
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Shown here standing from the left, circa 1910, are Ida Barsotti (Nicoletti), Jose...