

Being With The People — A Diary by Kirk Edwards: Leningrad 1989 — Wednesday, June 21
For The Madera Tribune Kirk Edwards is shown here holding the Russian flag presented to him as a gift from a member of the Soviet band....
Bill Coate
Feb 24, 2021


Being With The People: Leningrad 1989 — Tuesday June 20, 1989
For The Madera Tribune This drawing of Kirk Edwards was done by a member of the Russian band while Edwards was in Leningrad with the...
Bill Coate
Feb 20, 2021


Being With The People: Leningrad; June 20, 1989
For The Madera Tribune A Russian-American concert. CWO Edwards is pictured, fourth from left, in a blue uniform. The Leningrad Military...
Bill Coate
Feb 18, 2021


Being With The People: Leningrad 1989
For The Madera Tribune In 1989, Kirk Edwards, a 1973 MHS graduate had an experience unique to any Madera native. He traveled as a member...
Bill Coate
Feb 13, 2021


Taking the Titanic to Madera
For The Madera Tribune Argene and Sebastino del Carlo on their wedding day, Feb. 20, 1912. Two months later, they were on their way to...
Bill Coate
Dec 5, 2020
Opinion: Halloween and Stephen King
Autumn is my favorite time of year and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Halloween is my favorite holiday. As the weather cools off and...
Tami Jo Nix
Oct 24, 2020


New Madera Transit Center opens with vision for future
For The Madera Tribune This bus displays the new logo and new name of the city transit service, Madera Metro. The City of Madera’s surge...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 6, 2020


Travel: Maderan greets whale sharks underwater
Courtesy of Manuel Rios Madera traveler Manuel Rios photographs a whale shark, which he said was estimated to be about 10 tons. Manuel...
For The Madera Tribune
Apr 18, 2020