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As Mercedians ring in the new year, many people are hoping to start it off on the right foot by enthusiastically searching for inspiration so as to focus on things that will help counteract the nightmare times of 2020. One such positive individual is Matthew Serratto. Serratto is the City of Merced’s new Mayor, as well as Merced County’s…

New cases of COVID-19 have continued to surge for the past month at a rate of 200 to 230 per day in Merced County (on Jan. 5, there were 372 more than…

Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus vaccine sufficient for 975 doses was scheduled to arrive in Merced County on December 17 or 18, and its roll-out will soon…

'It’s almost impossible to not know someone who has been COVID positive at this point because it’s so widespread.' - Dr. Kristynn Sullivan, Merced County’s supervising epidemiologist. NEWS UPDATE:  The attached graphic contains the most recent COVID-19 data as of Dec. 16, which arrived after the County Times went to press this week.…

Merced County began feeling the impact of the governor’s new shutdown orders earlier this week as the total number of COVID-19 cases reported since…

For over a decade, two homes in Merced at 252 and 300 Sunset Drive, owned by the Libecki and Ryan families, have put on an extensive animated holiday light…

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story was written a day before today's (Dec. 3) announcement by Gov. Newsom concerning new stricter stay-at-home measures (except for essential needs) for regions in California, including the Merced area. With the total number of COVID-19 cases in the county at 12,281 as of Dec. 1 and the number of active…