By JAMIE THOMAS Special to the Times Forget the frantic shipping deadlines, or the long, hazy drive through the Fresno fog. This year, the secret to a perfect Valentine’s Day is hiding in plain sight, ...

By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent Sierra Academy of Aeronautics will continue operating at Castle Airport at least through ...

Some major national retailers are making their debut at the Shoppes at Merced this week, completing the site’s transformation ...

By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent The Five Corners intersection in Atwater was crowded Monday with high school student activists protesting Trump administration Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

Jess Munday, a Merced native who is pursuing creative writing ambitions in San Francisco, has just released her debut novel, “A Place Between Dreams.”  The 31-year-old author was surrounded by friends ...

There was an incredible amount of love, and lots of tears, inside a packed Pavilion hall at the Fairgrounds last Sunday, Jan. 25, as hundreds of people attended the Celebration of Life service in ...

He was attached there with the US Marines, serving and protecting the president of the United States. At one time, he managed a top-tier security firm in Silicon Valley. With an average $55 million ...

Established in 1964, Mid-Valley Publications (MVP) is an employee-owned group of five weekly community newspapers in Merced and Stanislaus counties. With the Merced County Times, Atwater-Winton Times, ...

The talented members of the Gateway Quilters Guild’s “Cirque du Fabrique” group gathered at the Hoffmeister recently for an ...

A special meeting by the Merced City Council on Tuesday night might just end up being a small footnote in what has been a ...

John Miller covers local events as part of our reporting team, contributing to the Merced County Times, Atwater-Winton Times, Hilmar Times, Waterford News, and Hughson Chronicle & Denair Dispatch. You ...

La Grange is a small, local unincorporated community loaded with history. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierras lies this historic town. This one-time county seat glories in its history of the past ...