Hundreds of residents joined together with dozens of political candidates on March 7 to take part in the Merced County ...

John Bliss, a lifelong Mercedian and teacher at Buhach Colony High School, is returning to the local political scene and a race for the District 6 seat on the Merced City Council.  Bliss met with ...

It’s one of the most common complaints you will hear from residents throughout the county: Roads are in poor — sometimes ...

Outside Lands, now in its 18th year, is returning to celebrate the finest music, food, wine, beer, cocktails, art and ...

By JIM CUNNINGHAM Special to the Times Situated in the southern part of Merced County lies a small, but proud, city with a name that translates to two timbers or two sticks.  This quaint community is ...

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times The Old Library Building stood for decades in Courthouse Park as a symbol of learning. When it was destroyed by a fire in December 2024, many Merced residents were ...

Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the full music lineup for the 14th year of Aftershock, October 1-4 at the scenic Discovery Park in Sacramento. My Chemical Romance, TOOL, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The ...

Once again, the much-anticipated annual Weaver Arts production is here at the historic Merced Theatre, with this year’s production being Disney’s “Frozen Jr.” — based on the massive 2013 hit film. ...

The University of California, Merced Women’s Basketball team won the California Pacific Conference Tournament Championship last Sunday afternoon, beating La Sierra University 60-56 inside the Joseph ...

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 ...