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By DON MARTIN II Fred Ryland scored a thrilling victory in the 25 lap IMCA Sport Modified Main Event Saturday night at Merced Speedway. The point leader became the fourth different winner in five races. The night featured a thrilling…

Scott Patrick and Jaclyn Lovey will perform on the evening of July 20 at the Vista Summer Concert at Vista Ranch & Cellars, located at 7326 E. Highway 140 in Merced. It will be a time to enjoy great music and a relaxing…

Citing an unprecedented rise in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among middle school and high school students, Assemblymember Adam C. Gray (D-Merced), Chair of the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, Assemblymember…

The growing UC Merced campus is nearly ready to debut the second phase of the innovative Merced 2020 Project, a multiyear plan to add 1.2 million gross square feet of classroom, office, research laboratory, dining, recreation, housing…

The Central California Conference (CCC) has a total of 23 competitive sports programs that high school boys and girls participate in during the school year. The boy’s programs total 12, and the girl’s total 11. The “Mighty Gaucho”…

Are you dealing with the loss of a loved one? Sadly, many others are as well, but hope can be found through a weekly study and support group that meets at a local church to find comfort and a path forward. Atwater Baptist Church,…

The Old Exchequer Dam was Merced Irrigation District’s (MID) first major project after MID was formed in 1919. When the dam was completed in 1926, it was 326 feet high, allowed for storage of 281,000 acre-feet of water, and was one of…

UC Merced is now ranked No. 4 in the United States for universities 50 years old or under. The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings this year included 351 universities, an increase from 250 in 2018. The reviewers…

The new exhibit, “A Century of Great Crimes in Merced County” opened last week at the Merced County Courthouse Museum with a great turnout of local residents and history buffs. Examining crimes and cases in the first 100 years of our…

For the first time since its inception, “Merced Pride” was held in the heart of downtown Merced with the support of the local LGBT community and their allies. Kicking off last Friday, July 5, the 3-day event brought together…

The Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock will open Friday, July 12, and run for 10 fun-filled days through July 21. Fair hours are Monday to Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; and Saturdays and Sundays, noon to midnight. Top entertainment includes,…

As part of its long-term environmental stewardship efforts, Merced Irrigation District is undertaking actions to restore the Lake McClure trout population that was severely impacted during the recent multi-year statewide drought. This…

The most extreme drought event in hundreds of years caused a catastrophic die-off of the Sierra Nevada’s mature trees in 2015-2016. A study published this week in Nature Geoscience details how UC Merced Professor Roger Bales and a…