MERCED -- If all goes as planned, the Merced County Library soon will add 2 million books, movies, CDs and tapes to its collection -- all without buying a thing. By summer, library officials are ...

Uniquely is a Merced Sun-Star series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Merced area so special. The Columbian mammoth once roamed through parts ...

A Merced County Library “sanitation station,” where all books returned to the library are disinfected before being returned to the shelves for further check-out. Photo Submitted by Amy Taylor Amy ...

Elected officials and members of the community gathered to celebrate during a groundbreaking ceremony kicking off renovations to the Del Hale Hall Community Center and the addition of a new public ...

The jaw of a bison that lived in the area more than 12,000 years ago is on display at the Merced County Library in an exhibit of fossils salvaged during the construction of the Plainsburg-Arboleda ...

Behind the counter at the Merced County Library, Pamela Cornelison saw a lot of adults come up to ask, "Can you read this book to me because I forgot my glasses?" "People kept forgetting their glasses ...

Growing up near Lake Merced, in a "small town" neighborhood in the southwest corner of the city where public space was sparse, Joanne Hayes-White spent five days a week at the Merced branch library.

The Merced Fire Department is investigating a large fire that erupted Monday morning at the old Merced County library building. Located near M and 22nd streets and within walking distance of the ...

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to close four small library branches at the request of the county librarian and other staff, who said it’s the only way to keep the library system going. The ...