Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Atwater marked a milestone celebration, honoring 100 years of Black history with a ...

Merced College has been named a 2026 Bellwether Award winner in the Workforce Development category, a national honor recognizing innovative and replicable programs that address critical workforce ...

Alberto Velarde of Atwater believes he’s a top contender with an excellent advantage in this year’s race for Superintendent of County Schools. The 63-year-old Velarde points to his 27 consecutive ...

By GABRIELLE ANDRADE  A new taproom on Main Street — Una Más — has become an attractive and popular addition to the growing Downtown Merced scene.  Two brothers, Abraham and Issac Santana, opened the ...

By Mike Harris As Merced debates where to support a future high-speed rail station, it is natural that the discussion reflects both economic priorities and the deep sense of place residents feel about ...

Merced is being asked to consider a major change to the California High-Speed Rail station location, moving it from Downtown to a site near Highway 99 and Mission Avenue. The Rail Authority says this ...

While the future of High Speed Rail in Merced has been a topic of debate among leaders, supporters and critics in recent weeks, county officials and company executives are pointing to progress ...

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, ...

John Morrow Derby — a former reporter who started his own small town, community newspaper literally on his own kitchen table, and then turned his passion into a 60-year odyssey — has passed away. The ...

Charles Henry Huffman and Charles Crocker organized Merced Canal & Irrigation Company in 1882. Huffman came to Merced in the late 1860s and became interested in farming. He accumulated a large amount ...

You know those old, standard “I Voted” stickers that are included with ballots mailed to voters so it makes them feel special for participating in the democratic process. Well, Merced County voters ...

In 1972, Mary Jo Bennett, a Merced County resident, disappeared without a trace, never to be seen alive again. Her disappearance and the subsequent prosecution of her husband, Timothy Bennett, for ...