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A recently published study says that Native American students in California experience suspension rates that are twice as high as the state average. The same study also found that expulsion rates of those students are particularly high in Kings County. The Sacramento Native American Higher Education Collaborative and the Community …

The expansion of Medi-Cal in the Central Valley under the Affordable Care Act has been key to slashing the area’s uninsured rate in half in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of people signed up, and in most valley counties, about half of the population is on Medi-Cal. But according to …

The warmer the weather becomes, the more aware Valley residents should be of ozone pollution, the dominant pollutant in the summertime that can damage lung tissue, said officials from the … Click to Continue »

California released graduation rates for 2016 Tuesday, just weeks ahead of the Class of 2017 marching across the field. The results show Merced County as a whole slipping a bit … Click to Continue »

The start of the month marks the first time that cannabis growers in the state can receive agricultural energy rates from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. FM89’s Ezra David Romero explains. Even though recreational marijuana can’t be sold in California until 2018 PG&E is now allowing current farmers growing …

A collaborative Merced County program is using mentoring in an effort to improve high school graduation rates and decrease crime. Through Project 10%, UC Merced students visit county middle school … Click to Continue »

UC Merced found itself this week on another list of the nation’s top universities for high graduation rates and alumni giving. The U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Colleges … Click to Continue »

Increased grant money helps Merced County Food Bank charge less Food bank supplies dozens of pantries, programs in Merced and Mariposa counties Nearly 30 percent of Merced County children live in food-insecure households … Click to Continue »

One in four Los Banos students missed more than 15 days of school in 2013-14 Merced County schools missed out on $ 15 million in 2014-15 because of absences Atwater Elementary, Merced River Union Elementary have zero percent of students chronically absent … Click to Continue »

Good news for Fresno Unified School District, for the 2013 to 2014 school year, graduation rates jumped up 3.1 percent to 79.3 percent. That’s quite an increase from the year before, which saw only a 1.2 percent jump, making school officials excited to see what’s to come. It’s been years …