Merced County Times Newspaper
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Stone Ridge Christian standouts sign letters of intent

By MICHAEL BRIGGS Special to the Times The Class of 2023 student athletes at Stone Ridge Christian High school are a dynamic and diverse group that makeup the foundation of Knight Nation Athletics. This year, Stone Ridge celebrated five seniors that punched their tickets to play at the collegiate level in their respective sports by inking…

Mary Hofmann Teen Central opens inside County Library

By Walsh Cassady & Walsh The new Teen Central is designed specifically to create a safe and relaxing teen space at the library, and it’s filled with materials and technology geared toward the age group. There’s a 3-D printer, and a Nintendo Switch, among other features. The new library addition is also the result of several…

Record rain puts focus on region’s flood control dams

The actuality and possibility of flooding in Merced County has certainly been in the news for the last few months. The town of Planada and some parts of Merced were greatly affected by these massive flooding issues. The citizens of these areas were and still are suffering emotionally and financially from these events. The unusual…

Does ‘Equity’ Only Matter In Sacramento & SoCal?

By Mario Bandoni Given the devastation our community will soon bear under the state’s Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, our community and Merced Irrigation District have had plenty of disagreements with our state’s resource-management leaders over the past decade. But in recent weeks, at MID we have been heartened to see several of…