Rural Kings County has seen a large spike in COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. The majority of those cases can be traced back to the Central Valley Meat Company in Hanford. As of Wednesday, Kings County reported 211 cases of the coronavirus; 138 of them are connected to …
Read More »Yosemite, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Entrance Fees Could Spike Under New Proposal
A new proposal from the National Park Service would result in a big hike in Yosemite National Park entrance fees during the popular summer months. Under the proposal, which also applies to 16 other parks including Sequoia & Kings Canyon, the entrance fee between May first and September 30 would …
Read More »As Merced County temperatures continue to heat up, unhealthy air starts to spike
Temperatures in Merced County will be in the upper 90s until hitting low triple-digits in the middle of the week, forecasters report. The warmer weather also has potential to bring … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County sees spike in new homes
The number of housing starts in Merced County more than doubled in the first half of 2016 compared with last year, the biggest such increase in the central San Joaquin … Click to Continue »
Read More »Explanation behind unusual spike in costly hay fires
In the last two weeks a series of hay stack fires have lit up Central Valley dairy farms. Fires in Merced and Tulare County have burned at least 2,000 tons of hay on three different farms. Firefighters say this is unusual for this time of year and have a theory …
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