At the age of 23, it’s no surprise that Roberto Montes is a newcomer to the scene of Atwater politics. It wasn’t that long ago when he received a college degree just down the road at Stan State and ...

Nurses, physicians and leaders at Mercy Medical Center are celebrating a milestone that has been a decade in the making.  During a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 16, Mercy officials ...

This one is for all of the rockers, metal heads, and alt kids out there who have been waiting patiently all year. Finally, in just about a week, the legendary Aftershock Music Festival will return to ...

California is bracing for a potentially historic “super” El Niño winter, with forecasters warning of an exceptionally high probability of above-average precipitation across the state for the upcoming ...

Capacity crowds — into the tens of thousands of people — went willingly into the terrifyingly creative and nightmarish Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood during the event’s opening ...

After 112 years of standing majestically in the downtown core, Atwater’s Bloss Home is feeling its age. In fact, it’s sinking, pulling a balcony away from the northwest side of the landmark building. ...

UC Merced is welcoming the largest class in university history this fall, as record numbers of first-year and transfer students propel total enrollment to an all-time high of 9,647 students. The ...

What better name for a building than “Land of Sunshine”? To many Chicagoans in the late 19th century, that meant a sunny life in California. Playing into that state of mind, the Land of Sunshine ...

A community giant is no longer with us. Roger Wood — an Atwater native son with a legacy as a businessman, civic leader, and radio show host who helped unite the region through conversation — died Aug ...

Long before there was news about the elections for Merced City Council in 2026, John Bliss was starting plans to run for the District 6 seat that represents North Merced neighborhoods beyond Yosemite ...

UPDATE: Yang Pao Thao was added to the candidate list for District 2 since this story was written. Thao is the current District 2 representative who was appointed after the resignation of Ronnie ...

Merced city leaders and administrative staff have begun working on a public outreach effort to communicate what’s happening with a proposed — and highly controversial — High-Speed Rail Station in ...