Wal-Mart distribution center, County Bank failure top Merced’s top news stories of 2009

The battered economy bled into all of Merced's top stories this year. While the nation was in the midst of a recession, Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, proclaimed Merced was in the grip of a depression.

Unemployment rose, spending fell and the economy continued to worsen.

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