By Steve Tietjen, Ed.D. & Salvador Sandoval, MD It has been more than a year since the COVID-19 health crisis disrupted our lives. While most schools are back in session, we have a long way to go before we can get back to a more normal school day. Our local school boards, teachers, administrators and support staff have all worked…

The pandemic has changed many aspects of life, but UC Merced Bobcats demonstrated their ability to overcome life's unexpected curveballs during an academic…

By Luciana Chavez Faculty won’t be high-fiving graduates as they enter Stadium ’76 on the Merced College campus. President Chris Vitelli won’t shake anyone’s…

In an effort to accelerate learning recovery due to the challenges associated with the pandemic and offer as many resources as possible to students and families this summer, Merced City School District (MCSD) will be offering summer classes to all grades, including preschool. Given the challenging year, this time around, summer school will look…

The Merced County Speech Festival competition was held virtually last week for fourth- through eighth-grade students and six schools from five school districts…

Le Grand High School has been ranked the top high school in Merced County through the U.S. News and World Report magazine’s annual survey. And this isn’t a…

Suspense built on the morning of April 27 at Merced River School District’s Washington School, located at 4402 Oakdale Road in Winton, as a five-month long Participatory Budgeting process culminated in fourth through eighth grade students arriving at the “polls,” which were actual Merced County voting booths set up on campus, to…

About 900 entries from students throughout Merced County were received for the Merced County Writing Festival this spring. Students submitted entries virtually…

On a day that’s being viewed as a major milestone in the Black Lives Matter movement, civil rights activist and #BLM co-founder Alicia Garza was…