Merced County Board of Supervisors

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday morning, the Board of Supervisors appointed Raul Lomeli Mendez to serve as Merced County’s next County Executive Officer (CEO). “I look forward to the opportunity to serve this community and bring 20-plus years of experience in local government with me to see how we can provide better services, respond to…

During Tuesday’s meeting, the Merced County Board of Supervisors will consider appointing a replacement for County Executive Officer (CEO) James L. Brown,…

Last year at this time, you could have sliced the tension inside the Merced County Board of Supervisors chamber with a hunting knife. Much of the anxiety was…

At first, Atwater Mayor Paul Creighton thought those who had been pushing him to run for a higher office were just offering him pleasantries, or expressing support for his work in Atwater. “You kind of brush it off when people tell you you should run for another office,” Creighton told the Times. “But when I got this many people approaching…

It’s considered one of the more important issues facing county government this year, and local leaders are urging residents to get involved. They say…

Merced County leaders took another step this week to refine their “one-stop shop” concept for those people and businesses with development goals in the…

Editor’s Note: For a community perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, the County Times has been interviewing local movers and shakers from diverse backgrounds. We intend to publish a special report in a multimedia format on our website MercedCountyTimes.com. While all communities in America have faced the spread of…

All Californians appear closer to life before COVID-19 after Tuesday’s announcement by Gov. Gavin Newsom that the economy will open back up fully on June 15 —…

Community leader Jerry O’Banion, whose service included seven terms as a Merced County Supervisor, passed away on Feb. 14. The cause of death was not…

“We have done everything he has asked and nothing is working. … The silent pandemic  is worse than the pandemic we are dealing with. … We have to take the hand away from the dictatorship of what he is trying to impose on us. He doesn’t know Merced County. I think he has been here one time. I think he flew through and shook a lot of hands.”…