Mojave Water Agency to offer facility tour
BARSTOW • The Mojave Water agency will host a mini-tour of its facilities on May 2. The educational tour is designed to acquaint and inform the community about its role as the region’s manager of water...
View ArticleHinkley featured on PBS NewsHour
HINKLEY• The town of Hinkley is featured in a two-part PBS NewsHour this week that focuses on what has happened to the town since the water pollution issue that inspired the film “Erin Brockovich.”...
View ArticleStill no word on base furloughs
FORT IRWIN • Fort Irwin Garrison Commander Col. Kurt Pinkerton told the military community in a radio broadcast this week that base leadership has yet to be notified of an official furlough. “What is...
View ArticleTwo straight wins for Vikings
BARSTOW • The Vikings are back on the winning track. After dropping its last series, three games to Mt. San Jacinto last week, the Barstow Community College baseball team has bounced back with two wins...
View ArticleBunty to stand trial for ’95 double homicide
FONTANA • Fontana Superior Court Judge Dan Detienne found sufficient evidence Friday to hold Christian Bunty to answer for the 1995 murders of two locals, according to court records. Bunty, 41, and...
View ArticleTB investigation wrapping up
BARSTOW • As reports of tuberculosis sweep Southern California, investigation is wrapping up into a TB case at Barstow Community College, officials said. Health Officer Dr. Maxwell Ohikhuare with the...
View ArticleRNs to picket Barstow Community Hospital on Tuesday
BARSTOW • Amid stalled labor negotiations and with concerns including nurse-to-patient ratios and mandatory overtime, registered nurses will picket Barstow Community Hospital on Tuesday, according to a...
View ArticleSultans bested by Aztecs
BARSTOW • The Barstow track and field teams went up against Sultana on Thursday, with both teams taking victories. The Aztec girls earned a big win, beating the Sultans by a 90-48 score, with the boys’...
View ArticleFoster care families bringing 'Greater Hope'
BARSTOW • About 30 children between the ages of 1-day-old and 19 are in foster families in Barstow through the Greater Hope Foundation. As the city’s only foster family agency, the nonprofit works...
View ArticleSupervisors to discuss county impact of ACA
SAN BERNARDINO • The County Board of Supervisors are scheduled to meet in a special study session on Tuesday to discuss the impacts of the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The...
View ArticleWater users advised to look for leaks
BARSTOW • One Barstow resident recently racked up over $1,000 in water bills, sure there was something amiss in the dramatic spike in her bill beginning last summer. Stephanie Hernandez’s bi-monthly...
View ArticleNominees announced for Education Medal of Honor
SAN BERNARDINO • Twenty-one individuals, businesses and organizations have been nominated for San Bernardino County’s Education Medal of Honor recognition, including two locally. Silver Valley Unified...
View ArticlePG&E officially declines Hinkley School’s request for funding
HINKLEY • Closing Hinkley School in June will save Barstow Unified School District $300,000. That’s the amount the school district requested from Pacific Gas and Electric to keep it open for the...
View ArticleSpot the great red spot
BARSTOW • The community is invited to take a rare look at the largest, oldest and most volcanically-active moons in space Tuesday. Barstow Community College will allow the public access to its...
View ArticleHard-hitting Marauders blank BCC
BARSTOW • Friday represented a setback for the Barstow Community College softball team, which was mercy-ruled by visiting Antelope Valley, 17-0. The loss came on the heels of a close, well-played game...
View ArticleRobertiroz robbed at gunpoint
BARSTOW • A gun-toting thief hit Robertiroz Mexican Restaurant early Monday morning and tied up an employee before making his escape, authorities said. At approximately 3:55 a.m., a Robertiroz employee...
View ArticleYermo man missing since last Thursday
YERMO • A Yermo man in need of medication hasn’t been seen or heard from since fleeing his home during the pre-dawn hours of last Thursday, according to his wife. Moses Frank Saiz, 31, was in the midst...
View ArticleNew mural brightens Main Street
BARSTOW • A short white brick wall along the Route 66 Motel was once a trouble spot for owner Ved Shandil. After constant repainting was required due to graffiti, Shandil said the idea came to him to...
View ArticleLessons in the fast lane
FONTANA • NASCAR drivers will attempt to qualify Friday for this weekend’s Auto Club 400 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. On the same day, six High Desert schools will be at the raceway partaking...
View ArticleApproximately 20 escape injury in tour bus fire
YERMO • About 20 people were spared injury Tuesday morning when a quick-thinking California Highway Patrol officer noticed flames underneath the backside of their tour bus and pulled over the vehicle,...
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