Some people are hoping it will be a dry January and they are not referring to Merced’s long spate without any rain. They are ...

This year’s three-part Town Hall series hosted by the Merced City Council came to an end last Thursday night, Feb. 6., at ...

The Merced Police Department has added something substantial to its crime-fighting arsenal and as it grows it will help ...

By BRENDA ORTIZ / UC Merced Newsroom UC Merced has assumed its place in the top echelon of research institutions in the nation by earning R1 status from Carnegie Classification of Institutions of ...

Established in 1964, Mid-Valley Publications (MVP) is an employee-owned group of five weekly community newspapers in Merced and Stanislaus counties. With the Merced County Times, Atwater-Winton Times, ...

When Julianna Stocking took the reins of the Merced City School District (MCSD) last June it was a coming home of sorts for the Livingston High School graduate who went on to become a top educator up ...

New street signs this past year were placed to designate a new Honorary Historic District in Merced. The area is referred to as “Spaghetti Acres.” The area is roughly between Bear Creek to the west, R ...

Railroads played a significant part in the establishment and development of Merced from its inception into the 1940s Founded as a railroad town in 1872, Merced was incorporated as a sixth-class ...

Hundreds of passionate Mercedians and local dignitaries gathered for the 30th annual Unity March and Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in downtown Merced on Monday, Jan. 30. The event, led by ...

Prepare for a long lead-in. That’s because the time is now for that annual ritual when Merced City Council leaders appear to take a collective breath and open up the public speaking podium to local ...