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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the future of High Speed Rail in Merced has been a topic of debate among leaders, supporters and critics in recent weeks, county officials and company executives are pointing to progress ...

It’s the all-time, most-asked-about home in all of Merced. Countless people who have driven down N. Bear Creek Drive, or wandered down W Street, have seen glimpses of those distinct, harmonious and ...

Blaker Brewing, a family-owned business which began in Ceres in 2018 as a tap room featuring fresh craft beer, opened its second tap room last month at 1930 Airdrome Entry in Atwater on the former ...

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 ...