Bill McEwen, News Director - GV Wire

Eagles Advance to Super Bowl by Pulverizing Commanders

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California Proves Renewable Energy’s Reliability in Groundbreaking Study

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Global Conflicts

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People Are Hawking TikTok-Loaded Phones for Thousands on eBay, Facebook

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Fresno City Council District 5 Candidate Forum Set for Feb. 20

Local Elections

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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 Send an Email

Stories by Bill McEwen

Reps. Valadao and Costa Praise Passage of Fix Our Forests Act

With wildfires ravaging Southern California, the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan bill supported by the Central Valley’s congressiona...

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Fresno Man Who Dealt Deadly Fentanyl Pill Gets 80-Month Prison Term

In the summer of 2020, Christian Gonzalez dealt 10 fentanyl pills to someone who then passed one of the pills to another person, resulting i...

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Serial Felon Gets 15 Years for Tulare County Catalytic Converter Thefts

Sean Michael Pelton will pay a heavy price for his catalytic converter theft spree in Visalia in 2020 and 2021. The 53-year-old Sacramento m...

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Bulldogs Recruit a Defensive Lineman Out of Fresno City College

Jack Metzler, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound defensive lineman who recently completed his freshman season at Fresno City College, has committed to pl...

Fresno State Sports

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Fresno’s Fentanyl ‘King’ Gets 23 Years in Federal Prison

Horacio Torrecillas Urias Jr., 24, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to 23 years and one month in prison on drug trafficking charges. Acting U...

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Hendrick Motorsports Believes Its Next NASCAR Superstar Is From Clovis

The premier organization in stock car racing says its next superstar could be 19-year-old Corey Day of Clovis. “I can remember multi...

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Who Is Making a Difference in Fresno? Explore This List of 2024’s Shining Stars

Two of the biggest challenges facing our city are domestic violence and the decades-long struggles to improve student achievement in Fresno ...

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Fresno Police Release Video of Gun Battle That Killed Gang Member, Injured Sergeant

The Fresno Police Department released Friday afternoon “critical incident video” of an Oct. 26 officer-involved shooting that re...

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After Voters Back Fresno Unified to the Hilt, There Can Be No More Excuses

Fresno Unified School District received one of the biggest mandates I’ve seen in my nearly 50 years of covering local news. Bill McE...

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Fresno State QB Mikey Keene Says He’s Entering Transfer Portal

Two-year Fresno State starting quarterback Mikey Keene announced on social media Tuesday morning that he will enter the transfer portal. Kee...

Fresno State Sports

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Fresno State Sports /

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Bulldogs Play Colorado State Tough, but Fall at Home

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Former Central Star Worthy Comes Up Big for Super Bowl Bound Chiefs

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Eagles Advance to Super Bowl by Pulverizing Commanders

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Red No. 3 Ban: From Candy to Medicine, What’s Changing and When

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Wall Street Banks Prepare to Offload Billions in Musk’s X Debt

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State Department Freezes New Funding for Nearly All US Aid Programs Worldwide

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Drone Delivery is Here: Zipline CEO Shares the Future of Product Transport

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Fresno County Sex Offender Arrested Fleeing on Motorcycle With Drugs

Poverty/Justice /

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Fresno MLK March Keynote Speaker: ‘We’re Still in This Fight and Struggle’

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Wired Wednesday: Local Man in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Heads to Prison Today

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Thousands in Downtown Fresno to Celebrate MLK Jr. in Annual March

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Fresno Protesters Rally Against Deportations on Heels of Trump Inauguration