The Le Grand Elementary School Robotics program competed in The Battle at the Nest, a First Lego League Challenge event tournament hosted by Buchanan High School and the Central Valley Robotics organization in Clovis on Saturday, Nov. 5. Le Grand Elementary fielded two teams in the competition where schools display their knowledge and…

Junior high and high school bands from around Merced County and beyond competed last Saturday in the 62nd Annual Central California Band Review…

Hundreds of local residents came together in Downtown Merced with their American flags in hand to celebrate Veterans Day. There was a special…

Every year, the National FFA Organization meets to name a Star Farmer from among the thousands of students who participate in the organization’s agricultural programs across the nation. This year that honor went to Golden Valley High School’s own Peter Bliss, who outcompeted three other finalists and took the top prize. Bliss…

Local students got out of the classroom and teamed up for a recent anti-drug awareness campaign. Red Ribbon Week, which took place from Oct. 23 to…

The Kids Discovery Station in Merced held a fundraising event titled “An Evening of Discovery” on Oct. 4. This event was both a night to help…

Ananya Veerapaneni, a political science major at UC Merced, was crowned Miss Merced County 2023 during the annual competition held last weekend at the Buhach Colony High School theater. 
She was joined by other new titleholders crowed that night, including Miss Sierra Nevada Emma Gerson, Miss Merced County’s Outstanding Teen Siya Lakireddy,…

By S.L. FLINSPACH The Little Theatre in Merced Library was filled with families and well-wishers in the late afternoon of Friday, Nov. 4.…

Merced College officials were scrambling last weekend to deal with a widespread network outage that affected the entire main campus, according to a report to…