Big Creek Lumber announces 3nd annual McCrary Family Scholarship
Big Creek Lumber will be offering the McCrary Family Scholarship for the third consecutive year. The scholarship was founded in 2021 to celebrate the company’s 75th year in business and was named after the McCrary family who have owned the business since it was founded in 1946. The scholarship helps fund the educations of graduating high…
Planada teachers use donation site to help build back
Planada Elementary educators are enlisting the help of the community to get their classrooms back to pre-flood condition, with the help of Horace Mann agent…
Black History Month series ends on another high note
The Multicultural Arts Center in downtown Merced concluded its insightful and entertaining Black History Month Lecture Series last Saturday with a…
Boys & Girls Club receives youth advocacy award
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Merced County has received a Tier 2 Hero of Youth Award from the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America for their advocacy on behalf of California’s youth.
“Clubs like ours have a unique role as community leaders in providing valuable afterschool programs to our country’s youth that enable them to achieve great…
Buhach Colony High Wins Academic Decathlon
Buhach Colony High School emerged as the top scoring team in the 42nd Annual Merced County Academic Decathlon held last Saturday, Feb. 4.
This…
Weaver Arts To Present ‘Beauty & Beast Jr.’
Belle, Beast, Gaston, and the whole castle crew are making their way to the Merced Theatre on March 3 and 4 as Weaver Performing Arts performs the musical…
UC Merced Celebrates 20 Years Since Groundbreaking For Campus
By PATTY GUERRA
The setting for the celebration marking 20 years since the groundbreaking for UC Merced was markedly different in many ways from the event it commemorated.
Wednesday's ceremony, attended by hundreds of faculty and staff - including dozens from when the university opened - took place in the Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy…
Congrats To Newest CASA Volunteers
The Court Appointed Special Advocates of Merced County group celebrated the combined swearing-in ceremony for Class 45 and Class 46 this week.
A CASA…
Golden Valley High honors 2023 Hall of Fame inductees
Golden Valley High School held its second 2023 Hall of Fame dinner last Saturday, Jan. 28, to honor a dozen highly competitive and driven…
Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center earns National Accreditation
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at the Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and…
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