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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

Fresno Man Sentenced to Three Years for Car Bombings

Scott Eric Anderson, 44, of Fresno, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for conspiracy to destroy property, malicious destructi...

/ 3 weeks ago

Former Valley School Security Boss Gets Two Year Sentence in Explosives Case

Angelo Jackson Mendiver, 27, of Bakersfield, a former campus security supervisor at Arvin High School, was sentenced Wednesday to two years ...

/ 4 weeks ago

Jury Convicts Fresno Woman in High-Profile Fentanyl Trafficking Sweep

A federal jury convicted Alma Lucia Garza, 23, of Fresno, on Friday for her participation in a notorious fentanyl trafficking ring. The jury...

/ 1 month ago

Will Fresno’s $500M School Bond Projects List Excite Voters in a High-Turnout Region Like Bullard?

With a record $500 million construction bond on the November ballot, one question looms large for Fresno Unified leadership. Will the propos...

/ 1 month ago

Town Hall Season Features Fonda, McMaster, Pelley, and Clovis ‘Twilight’ Lectures

Jane Fonda, H.R. McMaster, and Scott Pelley highlight the eight speakers a new-look San Joaquin Valley Town Hall has assembled for its 2024-...

/ 2 months ago

Bulldogs Pound a Lightweight, but a Heavyweight Looms in Two Weeks

If Fresno State is to become the football team it wants to be, it must run the ball with the effectiveness it did Saturday night, but agains...

/ 2 months ago

What Fresno State and Others Say About Move to Pac-12

Fresno State officials are calling the university’s athletic move to the Pac-12 a “landmark” event that will “drive ...

/ 2 months ago

FBI Seized Illegal Automatic Weapons From Fresno Police Cadet After Instagram Search

The FBI seized an automatic submachine gun and an automatic AR-15-style rifle from the Fresno apartment of Joshua Eric Brown during a search...

/ 2 months ago

Self-Declared Fentanyl ‘M30 King of Fresno’ Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

By his early 20s, drug trafficker Horacio Torrecillas Urias Jr. had declared himself the “M30 King of Fresno,” federal authoriti...

/ 2 months ago

Retired Bee Editor George Gruner, Who Went to Jail for Refusing to Reveal a Source, Dies at 99

George F. Gruner, who led The Fresno Bee newsroom at a time when the newspaper dominated the Valley’s media, died Sunday at the age of...

/ 2 months ago

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Voters cast their ballots at Desert Breeze Community Center in Las Vegas during the last day of in-person early voting in Nevada on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Nearly 75 million people have cast early ballots, making their voices heard amid worry about the process, the outcome and democracy itself. (Bridget Bennett/The New York Times)

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5 Reasons Early Voting Is Overwhelmed With Falsehoods

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Gerrick Franklin (pictured), 34, was taken into custody Sunday in Madera County on suspicion of killing Tyler Hamon, 33. (Fresno PD)

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Fresno Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal NW Apartment Shooting

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