Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE  NFL quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills may have missed out on a long-awaited ...

He once played basketball at Camp David.  He was attached there with the US Marines, serving and protecting the president of ...

Within a tight scheduling window, and amid a very busy January agenda, members of the Merced City Council and city department ...

Less than five months after a report suddenly awakened Mercedians out of a dream that high speed rail in town was a sure thing and on its way as part of the state’s initial operating segment, there is ...

The second of two parts By SARAH LIM Special to the Times In my last column, I wrote about the stories behind each picture featured in the 2026 Historical Society Calendar, including the “Merced: ...

The Merced County Board of Supervisors and the Merced City Council began the new calendar year this week with public meetings that were somewhat light on agenda item discussion, but seasoned with ...

From the very start — when the members of Slipknot emerged from the swirling stage fog, fans knew they were in for something “(sic)” and different. “Eyeless” came next as the crowd just grew larger ...

The Merced County Fair’s Board of Directors, Management and staff want to thank the community for coming out to support the 2025 Merced County Fair presented by Valley Children’s Healthcare, which ran ...

BOOK REVIEW By GWEN HAGAMAN Special to the Times No other building in Merced carries the same monumental feeling as its ...

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 Miller covers local events as part of our reporting team, contributing to the Merced County Times, Atwater-Winton Times, Hilmar Times, Waterford News, and Hughson Chronicle & Denair Dispatch. You ...

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