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Merced County government officials and firefighters are giving a special thanks to the Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. for making its largest (physical) donation ever to the Merced County Fire Department. This week, Hilmar…

Shoppers are invited to live big and save lots at new Big Lots store location in Atwater. Big Lots will open its newest store at 1085 Bellevue Road on Saturday, Sept. 24. Doorbuster offers will be available each day during the grand…

The Branford Point project — concerning some 50 acres of mixed-use housing and commercial development in the city’s future annexation zone near UC Merced — is being viewed in a new light after if failed to get an initial City Council…

The Merced Pride Festival brought lots of color to Main Street in Merced last Saturday — the first time since 2019 and the subsequent covid pandemic lockdowns. This year’s celebration included over 70 vendors as well as live…

Hundreds of local faithful turned out to hear a notable pro-life (or anti-abortion) advocate at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church over the weekend. Sandoval, who has spoken to audiences around the world, is particularly popular…

As part of a commitment to reduce chronic absenteeism throughout the county, the Merced County Board of Education recognizes September as National Attendance Awareness Month, with the goal to educate families through programs like the…

The Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) and Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) once again invite the community to celebrate the annual Excellence in Education event with an in-person awards ceremony on Oct. 6. The program has…

By JACKY VELAZQUEZ Atwater High School horticulture students transplanted over 5,000 flowering annuals and perennials the past two weeks in preparation of next month’s annual FFA plant sale scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7 (8AM - 4PM)…

The Carlos Vieira Foundation hosted a free event for families living with autism on Sept. 4 at Yamato Colony Elementary School in Livingston. More than 1,000 attendees showed up for the Autism Day BBQ and enjoyed free food, games,…

Merced County Education Foundation (MCEF) will host the annual Oktoberfest Fundraiser on Oct. 8 at the MCOE Downtown Center, 1715 Canal St. Merced. The annual fundraising event helps support programs like outdoor education at Camp Green…

Nine veterans from Merced and Stanislaus counties were on the Honor Flight that flew out of Fresno on Tuesday, Sept. 12, to Washington D.C. In all, there were 67 veterans on the flight from across the Central Valley, representing Army…

Merced’s Gail Flanagan McCullough received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award — the most prestigious award the FAA issues to pilots — during a ceremony at the Merced-Yosemite Regional Airport last Saturday, Sept. 10.…

The 31st annual Bill Kirby Western Barbecue at Lake Yosemite was a sold-out success with the many supporters of the Merced County Historical Society and Courthouse Museum filling up a picturesque cove at Lake…