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Bill McEwen,
News Director

Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at bmcewen@gvwire.com

Stories by Bill McEwen

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Image of a blue car buried nose first in mud next to a storage shed and under a tree, The care has a rack, which is holding a ladder, on top.

12 minutes ago

Heavy Rains, Flash Floods Cake Southern California Homes in Mud

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 8, 2025. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

18 hours ago

Wall Street Closes Near Record Highs, Precious Metals Rise

Fortnite game installing on Android operating system in this illustration taken, May 2, 2021. (Reuters File)

19 hours ago

Fortnite Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports

A person uses a smartphone in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 11, 2022. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)

19 hours ago

New York to Require Social Media Platforms to Display Mental Health Warnings

In an image provided by her family, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, in a hospital and suffering from malnutrition in July 2025. After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition. (Abu al-Naja family via The New York Times)

19 hours ago

One Gaza Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger

A burned-out van along a road in eastern Ukraine, Dec. 24, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said on Friday that he would meet this weekend with President Trump, as Ukraine and the United States try to maintain momentum in American-led efforts to end the war with Russia. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

21 hours ago

Zelenskyy Says He’ll Meet With Trump Over the Weekend

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