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Students at UC Merced may have to pay more for their education come spring.

A deeply divided House of Representatives passed a health care bill a little more than a week ago -- but swing votes from the Valley are still being lobbied.

Three students have been awarded migrant education scholarships, according to the Merced County Office of Education.

While many nurses across the nation refuse to take the H1N1 flu vaccine shot, in Merced most nurses are choosing to get the vaccine.

Environmental policy expert Christopher C. Horner will speak at UC Merced on Friday.

At an age when most kids are trying to figure out life, B.J. Jones was already working toward his destiny.

After being closed for more than two years, Evergreen Funeral Home and Memorial Park is back in business.

The state's Department of Consumer Affairs' Cemetery and Funeral Bureau on Monday approved a funeral license for the cemetery, according to Kim Brown, spokeswoman for the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Livingston's City Council did not rescind its controversial sewer, water and garbage hikes at Tuesday night's meeting despite continued public pressure, anger and even calls for a recall election.

There's a budget for new buildings at UC Merced -- but no money just yet.

FRESNO -- Housing prices are so low that some investors are changing their strategies, going from "fix up and flip" to "touch up and hold."

This is a story about a bike path that was promised years ago and still hasn't left the drawing board.

A Merced man was convicted Tuesday in the shooting death of a Dinuba man earlier this year.

Danielle E. Gaines, the Merced Sun-Star's county government and education reporter, has won a California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship at USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

School officials are gearing up for the worst possible scenario: no state money for construction projects.

The Merced County’s Rescue Mission needs donations for its Thanksgiving Day dinner, according to CEO Herb Opalek. The mission still needs 245 turkeys, as well as stuffing, cranberries and regular potatoes, Opalek said.

The State Public Works Board said it gave formal approval for plans for a new $32.6 million courthouse in Los Banos, with funding authorization from the agency.

More than a dozen people on Monday night urged the Merced City Council to look anywhere but their backyards as elected leaders debate where the city's homeless people should live.

South Merced residents are fighting a proposal that would sanction a homeless camp at Mission Avenue and Tyler Road. The general homeless population, along with sex offenders serving parole, would be allowed to pitch tents.

The University of California Board of Regents meeting this week at UCLA will consider, among other items, building plans for the Merced campus and a hike in student fees.

Raine Sloan likes cats. The 7-year-old Atwater resident has a cat named Serafina, a feral kitten that found a home with Raine and her mom, Lana Sloan.

Raine likes cats more than most folks, though. She likes them so much she gave up getting gifts for her seventh birthday a couple of weeks ago. Instead, her party guests brought donations to the Last Hope Cat Kingdom, a local nonprofit cat rescue.

A 33-year-old Merced man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of drinking and driving, after California Highway Patrol investigators say he crashed on Ashby Road, injuring his passenger.