More than 84,000 ballots were cast by Merced County voters in the Nov. 5 General Election, according to the local Elections Department. As of the Times press deadline on Wednesday morning, ...

Esmeralda Soria, a Democrat who is seeking reelection to the District 27 seat in the State Assembly, was in the lead after ...

Election Night in Merced was marked by long, last-minute lines at voting centers, oh-so-close vote margins in some races, and ...

The way the Merced community annually honors veterans, both the fallen and the living, is somber and moving while being bold ...

The District 13 Congressional race between incumbent Rep. John Duarte, R-Modesto, and his Democratic challenger Adam Gray ...

Valley Publications (MVP) is an employee-owned group of five weekly community newspapers in Merced and Stanislaus counties.

Merced County’s Assessor’s Office describes it as “a triangular shaped island, lying north of the land commonly known as ...

If someone says they saw “the holiday house” in Atwater, there’s a good chance you know the house to which they refer. Near the corner of Juniper and First in Atwater one home stands out as having the ...