About the Merced County Times

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

Mid-Valley Publications offers a variety 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.

We’d love to hear from you! Please contact us at 209 358 5311 or email our staff for more information or to obtain a subscription for our newspapers.

Circulation Statistics

Merced County Times:     5,600

Atwater-Winton Times:    4,400

Hughson Chronicle:           4,200

Denair Dispatch:                  3,300

Hilmar Times:                       5,000

Waterford News:                 6,700

Total Circulation:             29,200