Merced County Times

Established in 1964, Mid-Valley Publications (MVP) is an employee-owned group of five weekly community newspapers in Merced and Stanislaus counties. With the Merced County Times, Atwater-Winton Times, Hilmar Times, Waterford News, Hughson Chronicle & Denair Dispatch, we are one of the longest-standing publishers of local newspapers within these two counties. Mid-Valley Publications offers a variet

y of important services including providing relevant and positive news, community announcements, local and national display advertisement creation and publication, classified advertisements, legal notice publications, obituaries, and other important event announcements. Mid-Valley Publications was founded by John Derby, who retired in 2004 as Publisher, though he continues to provide a guiding hand in daily operations of the company. Please contact us at 209 358 5311 or email our staff for more information or to obtain a subscription for our newspapers.