EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was submitted for publication just prior to Governor Newsom announcement this week of the closure of "worship services" due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the region and across the state.    ‘Even in the middle of this tumultuous year, good is there. Good things happen, but we don’t hear about…

Residents from across Merced gathered together in front of the Merced County Courthouse Museum for a Juneteenth celebration last Friday, June 19.…

Dear Readers, April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poetry and poets. This is the third issue of “Community in Poetry,” which will…

With regard to current shelter-in-place conditions, and the fact that local art museums are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the County Times has created the Merced Area Museum of Community Art, or better put: “The MA-MOCA,” for art fans of all ages.  In this, our fourth newspaper exhibit, we present on the work of two…

Multiple generations of the Cardenas family worked within the new norms of social distancing to honor their patriarch, Tony Cardenas, on his 91st…

Dear Readers, April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poetry and poets. This is the second issue of “Community in Poetry,” which will run…

Welcome to the Merced Area Museum of Community Art! With regard to current shelter-in-place conditions, and the fact that local art museums are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the County Times has created the Merced Area Museum of Community Art, or better put: “The MA-MOCA,” for art fans of all ages.  In this, our third…

Naturally, parents-to-be Emma McWatters and Devin Valdez of Atwater wanted to have a baby shower to prepare for the birth of their first child,…

After nearly a two-year remodeling project, and amid a backdrop of socioeconomic uncertainty, the historic Tioga building in downtown…

Amie Marchini, the CEO/gerontologist at Park Merced, Mission Gardens and Amie Marchini Home Care in Merced, is being diligent in following the official directives during the pandemic, making new policies to adjust for safety, letting families of residents know what’s going on, and finding creative ways to make life enjoyable for…