To the Editor: Vulcan Materials Company’s aggregates are indeed vital to the growth and vitality of Madera County. Many people are unaware that all roads, hospitals, buildings, and highways that we use every day would not exist without large quantities of the aggregates needed to build them. In a letter to the editor on April 8, a writer repeated misinformation ...

To the Editor — We get slick fliers from Vulcan Materials praising their proposed Austin Quarry near the corner of Routes 41 and 145, and ads claiming that “Vulcan is vital.” Do people in this area have any idea how NON-vital Vulcan is? Independent reports tell the true story: In our drought-prone region, this quarry is totally inappropriate! It would ...

Written By Alicia Arce — I am writing today to tell you a heart wrenching story that needs to be heard by others, in order to spread awareness. Let me start by explaining that my brother-in-law David is truly a wonderful person, someone I have looked up to and admired. He has always been an extremely hard worker, and is ...

To the Editor: Some 1600 nuclear waste shipments would cross California, if plans for the country’s first nuclear waste repository in Nevada move forward. The proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository is about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and about 25 miles east of Death Valley National Park. This week, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service released maps of ...

To the Editor: I am writing in response to “Yosemite Audubon Society Supports Sierra National Monument.” This is the area between Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon where there are already many Wilderness Areas along with monuments. A Monument is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Here are some reasons why: Years of mismanagement have made our forests overgrown, unsustainable and unhealthy. ...

To the Editor: Yosemite Area Audubon Society supports the movement to create a national monument between Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings National Parks because I believe that it is the right thing to do. If we look back in our nation’s history, particularly in the Sierra Nevada, we find many people who did great things for future generations. Abraham Lincoln, John Muir ...

To the Editor – My name Lesley Linhares and I am a 34-year-old disabled lifetime resident of this area and single mother of 4, but raising 6 kids between the ages of 7 and 11. I have been working as a daycare provider and consultant for Jamberry the past several years. But when the big fires hit California this summer ...

To the Editor: If you believe that you should be the one who makes the health choices for you and your family and you want to know how you can protect that right, come and learn about some rights that you are in danger of losing. It’s worth fighting for! Governor Brown signed SB 277 the most stringent vaccine mandate ...

The following letter states my support of the State Center Community College District (District) constructing a new College campus in the Oakhurst area. I am responding to the poorly thought out “Blueprint for Our Community Colleges” as authored by Miguel Arias and John Leal. Mr. Arias and M. Leal are two of many of the SCCCD Trustees. Their article denouncing ...

To the Editor: I mentioned that I would provide the facts and figures pertaining to the Bond being planned by the State Center Community College District (SCCCD) and how the Bond will affect Madera County residents. Below is an image of the SCCCD District Boundaries. Here are the basics: