By ANH DIEP UC Merced Professor Katrina Hoyer ’s lab is helping UC Merced serve the San Joaquin Valley community through its studies of immune responses to Valley fever and other diseases. Graduate students Susana Tejeda-Garibay and Nadia Miranda are exploring fungal and host immune interactions in Valley fever, and they have…

By LUCIANA CHAVEZ Do you become a leader with the right job title? Or does the universe anoint you when your talent and skill combine to demand it?…

The Atwater Elementary School District celebrated the first step in construction of a 50,000 square foot Transitional Kindergarten through Sixth…

As part of new counseling strategies created with the aim of lessening the impact of COVID on kids, on Feb. 11, 31 fifth graders in their classroom at Fremont School in Merced watched a video called “Kindness Boomerang” by Life Vest Inside,  a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring, empowering and educating people of all backgrounds to…

Exciting public library programming involving STEAM learning is in the works for local teens throughout the community. Merced County Public Library…

U.S. Rep. Jim Costa has announced the nomination of four high school seniors from Fresno, Madera, and Merced counties for admission to one of the…

The Atwater High School FFA joined over 140 FFA speaking contestants, representing 15 high school agriculture programs throughout Merced and Mariposa counties at the annual Super Saturday held at Merced Junior college on Jan. 22. Only the top four individual finalists in each speaking contest advance to regionals in February. Atwater High…

Carrie O’Bara, a Transitional Kindergarten teacher at Peggy Heller School in Atwater, created a fun and educational celebration of the 100th day…

By LUCIANA CHAVEZ Special to Merced College Merced College would love to eventually have people banging down the door to get into its new truck driver…