Gas spill shuts down portion of Interstate 40
LUDLOW • A gas spill forced authorities to shut down Interstate 40 in both directions Wednesday. A semitrailer was traveling east on I-40 when for unknown reasons it left the roadway, landed in a ditch...
View ArticleSIG Alert for Interstate 40
TRAFFIC ALERT: A SIG Alert has been issued for both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 40 due to a tractor-trailer that crashed in the center divider. The freeway will remain closed...
View ArticleBarstow Landfill to enforce limits
BARSTOW • The county plans to impose a new limit on how much septic waste the Barstow Landfill can accept daily. Starting Monday, the landfill will accept a maximum of 7,500 gallons of septic waste per...
View ArticleCompetition open to high school students
WASHINGTON • Rep. Paul Cook, R-Apple Valley, announced his office will accept submissions for the annual 8th Congressional District Artistic Discovery Contest through April 3. Open to all high school...
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I am surprised and disappointed that there hasn’t been more letters to the press and a general sense of outrage and anger from the service organizations and general public against the callus and...
View ArticleIN THE SPOTLIGHT: Champ and Peggy Sue Gabler
If your taste buds have never experienced a chocolate Coke, you need to take a trip to Peggy Sue’s Diner after reading this. Just as I said I would in last week’s column, I took another trip to Yermo...
View ArticleBarstow baseball coach looking to his pitcher-catcher connection to lead...
BARSTOW • If the Barstow High baseball team is going to improve on last season’s 10-10 record, coach Kenny Phillips said they’ll have to find a way to win more close games. In Phillips’ first season as...
View ArticleBarstow police warn of phone scams
The Barstow Police Department advises residents to closely guard their personal information, particularly credit card account numbers, from individuals making telephone inquiries. Two Barstow women...
View ArticleStudents give donations, gifts to Xena Begay
BARSTOW • The community continues to support Xena Begay, the 8-year-old Barstow girl who needs a heart transplant. Xena and her mother, Veronica Renteria, visited Cameron Elementary School on Friday...
View ArticleAluminum factory to bring 2,000 jobs
BARSTOW • The City Council on Monday night was expected to approve the framework of a development agreement that would bring a $1.5 billion aluminum production facility and as many as 2,000...
View ArticleNew life for Lake Dolores
NEWBERRY SPRINGS • The website for Lake Dolores has a countdown clock ticking on the main page. The countdown is at 84 days until May 26, when the abandoned water park will spring to life. It’s not the...
View ArticleDel Taco robbery suspects take plea deals
VICTORVILLE • The two remaining suspects in a 2012 Del Taco robbery accepted plea bargains on Monday in a Victorville court. Joel Salcedo and Thomas Strong each pleaded guilty to robbery in exchange...
View ArticleBilly Budd’s trials are not his alone
American novelist Herman Melville is much better known for his lengthy classic “Moby Dick” than his posthumously published novella “Billy Budd,” but both involve exploits at sea and, more to the point,...
View ArticleAztecs coach feels confident squad will finish atop of Desert Sky League
BARSTOW • A No. 8 ranking in the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 poll doesn’t mean much for the Barstow High School softball team. At least not to coach Richard Johannsen. Even though Desert Sky League...
View ArticleMan accused of holding ex-girlfriend captive ordered to stand trial
VICTORVILLE • A man will stand trial on allegations he held his ex-girlfriend inside a home for more than two hours last year, choking and threatening to kill her. David Chavez pleaded not guilty to...
View Article$1.5B facility could bring historic change to Barstow, High Desert
BARSTOW • The City Council’s unanimous approval late Monday night of an exclusive negotiating agreement with Scuderia Development ranks as the first step in a process that has historic implications for...
View ArticlePolice: Man lies on CCW application, gets arrested when he comes in to check...
BARSTOW • Authorities say a convicted felon lied on a concealed carry permit application and was arrested when he showed up to the police department to check on the status of the permit. Barstow Police...
View ArticleMan rescues sleeping woman from house fire
BARSTOW • A man saved a sleeping woman from a burning home on Colonial Drive early Thursday morning, according to a news release from the Barstow Fire Protection District. BFPD responded to the...
View ArticleCity officials to pitch project in Washington
BARSTOW • City officials will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to attend meetings, where the future of the proposed Barstow Casino will be discussed. The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno...
View ArticleBarstow project carries some risk
BARSTOW • City leaders plan to meet with Gov. Jerry Brown’s office later this month regarding a proposed $1.5 billion aluminum production facility that the developer says could create at least 2,000...
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