By JIM CUNNINGHAM & FLIP HASSETT Special to the Times There is not much written information or images about the old small ...

Two months ago, the Times introduced readers to the local Medina-Benson family and shared the heartbreaking news of their son ...

It’s mid-August and valley music fans are already bracing for Aftershock — the largest rock, punk and metal festival on the ...

The start of the new school year this week was made a little easier for local families thanks to the Build-A-Backpack event ...

In 2014, a Deputy Sheriff earned a base salary of $64,916.80. In 2025, that same role earns $99,840, a 54 percent increase in just over a decade (this percentage includes all rank and file deputies ...

This is just a small thing, but this meant a lot to the citizens of Merced.’ — Police Chief Steven Stanfield Officers of the ...

Editor’s note: The following was sent to the Times by Unit 30 – Merced County Sheriff Sergeants & District Attorney Investigators. This is in response to Supervisor Darron McDaniel’s recent op-ed, ...

Koi Saechao saw the sign at the empty lot on the corner of MLK and 16th streets, and she knew right away that this oddly ...

Facing a final 2025-26 fiscal budget hearing on Sept. 23, members of the Merced County Board of Supervisors were presented this week with a sobering picture of known, anticipated, and potential future ...

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times Did you know that our Old Courthouse had eight built-in vaults? Do you have any idea of the whereabouts of the $10,000 missing gold from the Treasurer’s Office? What ...

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, ...

This week, The Times is launching a three-part investigative series with one overriding question: What is the future of aviation at Castle Airport? For a community resource long thought to be a ...