Castle Airport

Castle Airport hosted the first-ever Castle Airfest and Family Fun Day last Saturday. The free community event proved to be the end-all-be-all for a fun Saturday for the whole family. Food and goods vendors, a live band, a car show, aircraft fly-bys and historic aviation displays provided entertainment for thousands. This year,…

Hey Merced County. This may come as a surprise, but you have a major airport — home to one of the longest runways in the western United States — that’s…

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced Thursday that Merced County was successful in its bid for a $49.6 million grant to build-out an…

'We have said from the outset that we wanted to do something creative, something visionary, something designed by industry for industry. We had a goal of developing something with statewide importance. Upon your approval today, I believe you have accomplished each of these goals.' Mark Hendrickson, Merced County's economic development director…