The Merced Irrigation District has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the future recreation management of MID’s ...

Kudos to UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz for leading an incredible State of the University address on Oct. 22 that ...

Times Photos by John Miller & Jamie Thomas By JAMIE THOMAS As October spirits descend upon the Central Valley, our fair city ...

For those who care about the growth of Downtown Merced, and would like to voice their opinions about it — there’s a website, ...

Mayor Mike Murphy walks into the County Times office, looks around the place, smiles, and the first thing he says is: “Fall 2011.” The mayor — who is finishing up his final term at City Hall — is ...

A skeptic, a mystic, and a podcast.  The “Gen Explains” weekly show dives deep into the world of astrology, mythology, the occult, and everything in between.  The locally-produced podcast celebrated ...

Times Correspondent Fifty years – a half-century of time filled with raising families, working and imagining what the future might hold in store, all the planned events and unplanned detours that add ...

Merced City Councilman Ronnie De Anda announced he is stepping down from his position as the District 2 representative on the Merced City Council during emotional comments at the end of Monday night’s ...

Twenty years can fly by, especially for a successful business.  But for a small local business owner like Kris Chinnock, two decades of serving the community is quite an accomplishment — a testimony ...

Jonathan Whitaker is Editor in Chief of Mid Valley Publications, overseeing the Merced County Times and Atwater-Winton Times. You can reach him directly at 209.580.9625, at our Merced office at 2221 K ...