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, ...

Santa Claus has made it to Merced once again to celebrate the holiday season with youngsters and their parents. In a tradition that has endured for more than 30 years, Santa arrived on a firetruck ...

Josh Pedrozo was sworn into office for his second consecutive term as the District 2 representative on the Merced County Board of Supervisors this past Monday, Dec. 2, during a ceremony at the ...

Longtime residents are shocked and deeply disappointed in the aftermath of a fire this week that destroyed a historic and beloved building on M Street in Merced. Built in 1897, the three-story ...

Election officials confirmed Tuesday night that Adam Gray of Merced has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. John Duarte (R-Modesto) in the hotly-contested race for California’s 13th Congressional District.

This weekend is full of holiday events in the Merced area, and the biggest ones of them all, include our local Christmas Parades. It all kicks off in Atwater, on Friday, Dec. 6, starting at 7 p.m. The ...

After putting in countless hours of training with teammates and coaches, Merced High School freshman and cross country runner, Eleanor Hampton, has qualified for the Varsity California State ...

In spite of the frigid and wet weather, hundreds of motivated and excited locals gathered at Lake Yosemite this past Saturday morning, to participate in and celebrate the 50th Annual Turkey Trot race.

Drum rolls, please. The results are in: The prize for the tallest Christmas tree is tied between the Sheriff Posse and the Courthouse Museum, the smallest Christmas tree goes to the Merced County ...

The Merced College Music Department and Jazz Ensembles will perform two “big band” concerts at the start of December that will feature a mix of classics, current songs, instrumentals and plenty of ...