After months of incredibly detailed planning and gathering an army of volunteer hands to make something transformative ...

One of the biggest highlights of the 2026 Merced County Fair — June 10 to June 14 —  is the enhanced Table Mountain ...

Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE If you spend any time on California Highway 99 south of Madera, you are aware of the palm ...

In the elections race for the Merced County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, incumbent Scott Silveira has raised nearly 40 times in contributions as has his opponent, Miguel Alejandre. Through ...

As California’s June 2 primary approaches, campaign finance disclosure statements for District 3 incumbent Merced County Supervisor Daron McDaniel and challenger Luis Lara show similar totals for ...

Atwater leaders on Tuesday agreed to hire William Novetzke as the city’s next chief of police. Novetzke — currently a lieutenant in the Atwater Police Department — has been serving the city since 2005 ...

Editor’s note: The following story, first published in the Merced County Times print edition of May 28, 2026, has been updated with more recent campaign finance information. Within the past several ...

Napa Valley is welcoming tens of thousands of music fans, partiers and foodies for the sold-out BottleRock festival through ...

If you are looking for something new and exciting at this year’s Merced County Fair, check out the Free Concert Series ...

La Grange is a small, local unincorporated community loaded with history. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierras lies this historic town. This one-time county seat glories in its history of the past ...

Day 2 of the BottleRock music festival in Napa anchored itself in the comforting friction of powerhouse rock with the likes ...

It’s the all-time, most-asked-about home in all of Merced. Countless people who have driven down N. Bear Creek Drive, or ...