Merced, CA- Starting May 1st, 2020, the Merced County Fairgrounds will be starting “Fair Food Friday’s”. For this Friday, 5/1 the line-up will be: Corn Dogs, Kettle Corn, Icees and Cotton Candy!🥤🍿🍭😋 Fair Food...

Today, the Mariposa County Health and Human Services Public Health Branch reported their first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a Mariposa County resident. The case has been identified as a 23-year-old Female. The health...

Merced County Health Officials amended the current Stay-At-Home Order (Order) today to include minimum requirements for social distancing and safety plans for essential businesses. The Order also expands the definition of essential services to...

On April 20th, 2020, at approximately 2:06 p.m., firefighters from the City Of Merced Fire Department responded to A&S Metal recycling Center located at 2901 State Route Highway 59 for a report of a...

WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) unveiled the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, a bill to institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The bill would constitute a full payment...

After a special presentation from an economist on COVID19, the City Council will consider a COVID19 Recovery Program during its Monday meeting. Dr. Robert Eyler, an economist and the Director of the Center for...

The Merced Regional Airport will receive $16,885,618 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a result of the CARES Act. In total, the CARES Act allocated $10 billion in funds...

On April 14th,2020, at approximately 9:48 p.m., Merced Police officers responded to the area of East highway Highway 140 near East Santa Fe Drive for a vehicle versus a pedestrian collision. Upon further investigation,...

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic and expose the hospital’s faulty infection control policies, registered nurses at Dignity Health, Mercy Medical Center Merced are holding...

A week or so, Merced County received a “D” grade in social distancing from a company that used cellphone data to measure how far we were staying away from each other. Merced Country announced...