Merced County Times Newspaper
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Flood efforts surge forward with another round of storms

With the community already rattled by the widespread damage from the January floods, city and county crews, along with state partners, appeared to have quadrupled their efforts to protect residents, homes and infrastructure as not one, but two, atmospheric rivers passed overhead in recent days. As of Wednesday morning, just before the Times…

Snowpack shows huge gains from recent storms

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station on March 3. The manual survey recorded 116.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 41.5 inches, which is 177 percent of average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained…

Sprouts grand opening scheduled for March 24-26

The new Sprouts Farmers Market in Merced, at Yosemite Avenue and G Street, will be celebrating a Grand Opening Celebration from Friday, March 24 to Sunday, March 26. The company’s store No. 461 will feature a weekend long extravaganza that will include live music, food samples and exclusive offers (while supplies last), FREE kids activities…

Nearby Coulterville — The nicest place in America

In 2022, the Gold Rush town of Coulterville was selected by Readers Digest as the “Nicest Place in America.” Coulterville is a tiny town in Northern California, about 150 miles inland from San Francisco, nestled among dry hills where ranchers raise cattle and other livestock. The nearest sizable town, Mariposa, is 26 miles away.…