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 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…

The Multicultural Arts Center in downtown Merced concluded its insightful and entertaining Black History Month Lecture Series last Saturday with a…

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 School emerged as the top scoring team in the 42nd Annual Merced County Academic Decathlon held last Saturday, Feb. 4. This…

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…

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…

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 School held its second 2023 Hall of Fame dinner last Saturday, Jan. 28, to honor a dozen highly competitive and driven…

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…