Young Merced track club members competing at National Championships
After the Times featured a young Atwater track star who is going to the National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Sacramento this week, we received a flurry of emails and social media posts about other local athletes who will be competing at the event as well.
One track club in Merced — known as “Minds In Motion” —…
Progress Made In Challenge Of Housing Homeless Youth
Editor’s note: The following press release was sent out by Merced County officials and the District 21 Office of Assemblyman Adam Gray.
More than 150 Merced…
Vandals, thieves hit new low by targeting monuments
By YANIRA LEDEZMA & JONATHAN WHITAKER
Suspected vandals and/or thieves have stolen several bronze and brass plaques and signage from…
Former County Sheriff Bill Amis dies
William “Bill” Amis, a former Merced County sheriff who served two terms in office in the 1980s, died last Wednesday, July 6, according to reports received before the Times press deadline this week.
Details about his passing were not immediately available; however, several community leaders spoke up to remember the man who served Merced…
UC nurses ratify new contract covering clinics, health…
Registered nurses at University of California (UC) facilities across the state voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, California…
Leaders open third segment of Campus Parkway Project
It will go down as the most important ribbon-cutting event of 2022, and one of the most significant over the past decade.
Local leaders — from…
Local residents, area leaders mourning the loss of Atwater’s Jim Heller
Community members are mourning the loss of Jim Heller — a native son, a member of a local family legacy that dates back to 1917, and a popular elected leader with a remarkable record of service.
Heller passed away on Saturday, July 9, at the age of 84.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Merced County Board of Supervisors adjourned their regular…
Merced’s Measure C ballot plan back in limbo
An effort to extend a critical public safety tax in Merced is suddenly up in the air — only two weeks after the City Council gave the OK to create the…
Atwater set for big hometown celebration
This Monday, there will be a special hometown celebration in Atwater — the likes of which we have never seen before. More than 10,000 people are expected to…
City approves final budget on positive housing note
Merced leaders approved a new $384.6 million fiscal budget for ongoing city government operations in a split 4-3 vote on Tuesday night.
The decision included an added $500,000 to be set aside for an undefined affordable housing funding plan or program that appeared to be a smaller concession to demands from local activists and supporters who…