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The National Park Service has awarded a concession contact for year-round operation and management of the El Portal Market, a grocery and general merchandise store located within the El Portal Administrative Site adjacent to Yosemite National Park. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/epmarketaward.htm
Read More »The Ansel Adams Gallery® Awarded New Concession Contract in Yosemite National Park
Best’s Studio, Inc. doing business as The Ansel Adams Gallery® in Yosemite National Park, was the awarded a new 10-year concession contract that became effective March 1, 2010. The Ansel Adams Gallery® has been operating in the park since 1902, making them the oldest, family owned and operated concessioner in …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Rescue Medic Heather Wonenberg Awarded the 2018 Outstanding Wildfire EMS Individual of the Year
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group in Boise, Idaho has awarded Yosemite National Park Helitack member Heather Wonenberg the 2018 Outstanding Wildfire EMS Individual of the Year Award. This award recognizes and honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding work, actions, or programs in emergency medical service for our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters. …
Read More »This is the first inmate to be awarded Student of the Month at Merced College
Benito Gutierrez, 41, giving a speech during a graduation ceremony at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla on Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017. He was the first inmate to be awarded Student of the Month in October at Merced College since inmates could take classes. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston man awarded for saving man from burning truck
Richard Dorrity, 66, of Livingston sits outside his home on Sept. 20, 2017. He was recently awarded a Carnegie Medal for saving the life of a man in a burning truck an an intersection close to his home. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County Father of the Year awarded
Winner was picked based on student essays 350 essays submitted this year Every school, K-12, in Merced County was asked to participate … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College awarded $1.5 million grant to train instructors
Grant given by California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Only half of 86 applicants were given grants … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced area officers awarded for auto theft efforts
Eleven Merced-area law enforcement officers were recognized Wednesday, March 23, 2016, for their work recovering stolen cars. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pulitzer awarded for reporting on Central Valley drought
Diana Marcum, an LA Times writer, has been awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Her piece on the California drought, beat out a Boston Globe article on a rare whale and a New Yorker recreation of a young man’s imprisonment. "Scene from California’s Dust Bowl" covered farming issues …
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