Motorists drive onto the Highway 99 north on-ramp from Highway 140 in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Merced ...

President Trump’s chief cost-cutter cheered an effort to persuade federal workers to quit — in a fashion that closely ...

The California Highway Patrol, Merced Police and the Merced County Sheriff's Office kicked off their "Seat Belts Saves Lives ...

A new prescribed burn, named Merced Piles, was initiated today at 11:25 a.m. in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At ...

As the price for a carton of eggs continues to soar nationwide, so does the number of bird flu cases. Now, a new variant has ...

A new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions ...

Merced will soon be home to the Central Valley’s first Chick-fil-A food truck following a Planning Commission meeting earlier this month. After being ...

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out ...

US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the ...