Merced County Board of Supervisors

The Merced County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally accepted $20 million from the state to help residents of Planada recover losses from floods that damaged homes, schools and businesses in the town last January. “This is not Merced County’s money,” Board Chair Scott Silveira pointed out. “This is not any individual supervisor’s money.…

Perhaps it was a foregone conclusion that Merced is going to annex UC Merced and at the same time initiate new university community developments next door to…

By John Miller & Jonathan Whitaker The Merced County Board of Supervisors unanimously gave a final thumbs up to a record $1.7 billion budget for fiscal…

It’s been a long time coming. Or as the chair of the Merced County Board of Supervisors, Scott Siveira, says: “It’s a shining example of what you can get done when you have a commitment to your sheriff, your Sheriff’s Department, and law enforcement.” Merced County leaders officially broke ground Tuesday on the long-awaited…

Advocates for the Merced County Library system are raising their voices due to concerns of budget cuts — and even the idea of closing branch libraries.  Five…

By DOANE YAWGER & JONATHAN WHITAKER With the District Attorney by his side, Sheriff Vern Warnke paid a visit to the Merced County Board of…

The Merced County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously accepted a record $1.14 billion preliminary budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year from its administrative team led by CEO Raul Mendez. For the second consecutive year, the total budget exceeds $1 billion, and amounts to an increase of $81.2 million from last year’s final budget of $1.06…

Members of the Merced County Board of Supervisors appeared upbeat after listening to their appointed Registrar of Voters provide an update on recent progress…

The Merced County Board of Supervisors has selected a new software platform and operations provider to power their local government’s digital transformation…

The controversy over incorrect mail-in ballots has finally reached the Merced County’s elected officials, who called Tuesday for an outside investigation into what went wrong. Last week, more than 4,100 voters in Atwater, Gustine, Merced, Los Banos and Santa Nella received mail-in ballots with the wrong information. The worst came…