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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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

If you are among the thousands of lucky wristband holders … Here’s what you need to know for the SOLD OUT BottleRock Festival ...