One of the Central Valley’s favorite Independence Day traditions returns as fireworks light up the skies over Lake McClure on ...

Almost exactly three years from the day a massive fire gutted their wood and tin building on Atwater Boulevard, completely ...

Two hundred fifty years in the making, the legacy and heritage of the United States of America will be observed in ...

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times  It is America’s big birthday, and we are celebrating it Merced County style.  On June 25, ...

By GABRIELLE ANDRADE More than 50 community members packed into the Atwater City Council meeting on Monday night to rally for ...

By DOANE YAWGER Special to the Times There are many ways to be entertained these days and one of the best of them has to be ...

Leaders within the county’s Continuum of Care (CoC) governing board were set to adopt this week an official report from the 2024 Point-in-Time Count of this region’s sheltered and unsheltered ...

The Merced County Fair has announced its line-up for the 2025 FREE Table Mountain Concert Series presented by Coors Light! The 2025 Merced County Fair, presented by Valley Children’s Healthcare, will ...

Jonathan Whitaker is Editor in Chief of Mid Valley Publications, overseeing the Merced County Times and Atwater-Winton Times. You can reach him directly at 209.580.9625, at our Merced office at 2221 K ...

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 ...

While not wholly impossible, the prospects of robust, top-tier air cargo operations at Castle Airport appear to be implausible. “If Merced Castle Airport begins cargo operations, it is most likely to ...

There are many reasons to go to the Merced County Fair, but this year is extra special for our history enthusiasts. You’ve got to check out the Merced County Courthouse Museum’s display in the Tioga ...