The 63rd annual Central California Band Review (CCBR) will take place on Saturday, Nov. 11, — Veterans Day — at Golden Valley High School in Merced. The event will feature junior high and high school bands from around the state, competing in multiple categories including parade, drum-line, color guard, jazz performance and field show.…

Thanks to a partnership between UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) and the Multicultural Arts Center (MAC), the esteemed wind…

Leaders on the Board of Education for the Merced City School District were forewarned that the fall assessment report they were about to hear was only the first…

In a show of respect and honor to the many individuals responsible for our community’s health and safety, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School held a special Blue Mass with local first responders on Oct. 20. “Our first responders are, obviously, very important to our community — and they do not get thanked enough,” said OLM Principal…

Perhaps it was a foregone conclusion that Merced is going to annex UC Merced and at the same time initiate new university community developments next door to…

Members of the Merced County Historical Society and the Merced Fire Department have been hard at work putting the final touches on the new…

While traveling from Merced to Yosemite National Park on Highway 140, and enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way, one can make a stop after a leisurely 40-minute drive and find yourself in a charming, preserved Gold Rush town called Mariposa (which is Spanish for Butterfly). Though Mariposa was known as part of the beginnings…

Hispanic Heritage Month is upon us, and Merced College is celebrating the many ways it educates and supports Hispanic students. As a federally designated…

By Brittany Miller & Jonathan Whitaker The Times has obtained a copy of a letter that Allen Brooks, the president of the Merced City School District…

By BRITTANY MILLER & JONATHAN WHITAKER The search for the next superintendent of the Merced City School District (MCSD) — the largest K-8 education system in the region — has taken a dive into deep controversy with scathing criticisms voiced by teachers and residents, combined with intrigue about an eyebrow-raising survey that was…