A calf ranch located southwest of Keyes has become the focus of the American Humane Society and other animal activist groups ...

A young nature enthusiast is in the running to win a cash prize and wildlife experience with conservationist and TV show host ...

The Central Valley saw the most population growth throughout the state in 2025, despite Stanislaus and Merced counties ...

Homelessness is up in Merced County, the latest numbers in an annual survey of sheltered and unsheltered residents show.

Merced County law enforcement is taking another proactive approach to address crimes before they occur. That’s the driving ...

A Turlock man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a juvenile who was reported missing last month, according ...

Own a cabin that qualifies as a second home? If you do, is it modest or even semi-primitive? The day may be coming when the ...

An increase in seasonal agricultural work and the end of the school year in the San Joaquin Valley are expected to mean more ...

The Hilmar High varsity softball squad have become masters of spoiling. An upset in the quarterfinal round of the Sac-Joaquin ...

A Mexican national residing in Denair has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for drug trafficking and other charges. Francisco Javier Ochoa-Anaya, 49, was sentenced on Thursday to 26 ...

State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, pictured here during a 2023 interview with the Journal, is being sued for sexual harassment by her former chief of staff and for violating the First Amendment rights of ...

Modesto residents – on foot and even horseback – were among the thousands of people who took to the streets nationwide over the weekend, as outrage continues to grow over the recent killings of ...