Merced stands to make as much as an estimated $ 1.6 million a year in marijuana tax revenue if it allowed recreational marijuana, according to the city’s weed consultant. A report … Click to Continue »
Read More »San Joaquin rain stations seeing 3rd-wettest year on record
With several months still ahead in the current water year, the central stretch of the Sierra Nevada is recording its third-wettest year on record, according to officials. As of Thursday, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced High to have new principal next year
Merced High School will begin the next school year with a new principal, district officials confirmed Thursday. Kurt Kollman, an assistant principal at Buhach Colony High School, was hired with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Will 2017 be the wettest year? Watch the skies
This year is running neck and neck with 1983 for the wettest on record in watersheds supplying the Northern San Joaquin Valley. How the spring weather plays out — including … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater mom sentenced to year in jail, suspended prison time in toddler’s death
A 22-year-old Atwater mother on Wednesday received a four-year suspended prison term and a year in jail in connection with the death in 2014 of her 2-year-old son. Amanda Klaas … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gray honors district’s Woman of the Year at state Capitol
The CEO of Livingston Community Health was honored by Assemblyman Adam Gray at the state Capitol this week as the 21st Assembly District’s Woman of the Year. Leslie Abasta McGowan, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced unemployment rate in January slightly better than a year ago
Despite a seasonal rise in the unemployment numbers, Merced County’s 12.6 percent rate in January was four-tenths of a percent lower than a year ago, labor market analysts said Friday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Child abducted by father last year found safe at south Modesto home
After six months of searching, the Ceres police on Wednesday afternoon found a toddler who was abducted by his father last year. Two-year-old Kayden was found safe; living with his … Click to Continue »
Read More »One Year In, Fresno’s Fulton Street Project Nearing Completion
A year ago this Friday, Fresno leaders picked up fifteen golden sledgehammers and kicked off the project to rip out the 53 year-old Fulton Mall and replace it with a redesigned Fulton Street. It’s an ambitious project that officials hope will help jumpstart business investment on what was once Fresno’s …
Read More »Despite wet year, use of Lake McClure spillways unlikely, MID managers say
There’s hardly a chance that the structural concerns about the Oroville Dam should raise worry at the New Exchequer Dam on the Merced River, Merced Irrigation District officials said. “Every … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced High wins top honors at decathlon for ninth year in a row
For the ninth straight year, Merced High School earned first place over the weekend in the Merced County Academic Decathlon. The team scored the highest in the Super Quiz, and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Stormtroopers, sculptures and paintings kick off first Art Hop of the year
Art was presented through sculptures, paintings, film and music on Saturday evening in downtown Merced during the first Merced Art Hop of the year. Music from KABX-FM radio filled Bob … Click to Continue »
Read More »First Merced Art Hop of the year is Saturday, rain or shine
The rain won’t stop the Merced Art Hop on Saturday, according to organizers. Art displays and activities will be moving indoors and tarps will be put up. Eight years ago, … Click to Continue »
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