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Sharon Freeman of Mariposa is going to the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City this week, taking her Icelandic Sheep Dog “Cooper” with her in hopes of bringing awards home. Freeman is the president of the Yosemite Kennel Club with members in Merced and Mariposa counties. The premier, nationally-televised…

Eric Hamm spent about 25 years in the automotive sales business and now is venturing into selling homes in Merced. Hamm, president of Next Door Real Estate…

Golden Valley High School has turned 25 years old and this noteworthy anniversary is being marked here Feb. 8 with the first-ever Outstanding Alumni and…

Eleven years ago Mellissa Mondragon was nearly killed in a collision with a semi truck in Merced. The traumatic brain injury meant she had to learn most everything all over again. It left her angry and bitter until she let go of these feelings and surrendered herself to God. After the Sept. 28, 2008 accident when her Ford pickup…

Despite facing three challengers in the March 3 election, Merced County Supervisor Lee Lor is confident she will be re-elected for her second four-year…

For some Merced High School students, the old gym on campus was a winter wonderland last Friday night. A large number of special education students…

By September 2021, Merced will have a new children's outpatient care center costing millions of dollars. The new complex within sight of Mercy Medical Center will encompass 25,000 square feet of facilities arranged in three pods, staffed at first by 25 to 30 medical professionals. Rob Saroyan of Fresno, president of the Valley Children's…

Some of my most cherished memories growing up were the cross-country automobile trips we took from California to Michigan and New York in the summers. My…

It's always fun to check out cars — muscle cars, classic cars, modern cars, flat cars. Flat cars? Yes, my enjoyment of all things automotive extends…

By early next year, things will be dramatically different in a core block of downtown Merced that's undergoing some major renovation now. A representative for the company orchestrating new uses for the Hotel Tioga at Main and N streets, a completely repurposed Mainzer Theater just across the street and the transformed El Capitan Hotel at…