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Memorial Day Service to be held at local cemetery

BROOKE SELF

BARSTOW • The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2143 will host the annual Memorial Day Service at the Mountain View Cemetery on Monday at 11 a.m. Guest speakers will be Barstow Mayor Julie Hackbarth-McIntyre, National Training Center 916th Support ... Full story

Drawing retailers to the desert

Cities band together at global convention

BROOKE SELF

BARSTOW • Barstow’s Assistant City Manager Oliver Chi estimates that he and his staff walked nearly 12 miles a day networking at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week. City managers of the four cities of the Victor Valley and Barstow ... Full story

Tassels turn for Silver Valley

Lively class of 2013 earns diplomas

SHEA JOHNSON

BARSTOW • The only people more spirited Wednesday evening than the supporters of Silver Valley High School’s 2013 graduating class were the graduates themselves. Fifty-nine students earned their diplomas inside the James R. Parks Gymnasiu... Full story

Their own ‘unique stories’

Silver Valley AEC graduates record number of students

BROOKE SELF

DAGGETT • For the rural communities of Yermo, Calico, Newberry Springs, Daggett, Fort Irwin and Ludlow, 37 graduates was a record number this year at the Silver Valley Alternative Education Center, according to the school’s principal Stefa... Full story

Good faith bargaining?

Federal agency expected to file injunction against BCH

SHEA JOHNSON

BARSTOW • The National Labor Relations Board is expected to file an injunction in federal court against Barstow Community Hospital regarding its alleged bargaining tactics with the California Nurses Association, according to a CNA news release. ... Full story

Plata’s Mexican food a Barstow staple

BROOKE SELF

BARSTOW • Plata’s Mexican food is as connected to the history of Barstow as the BNSF Railroad and Marine Corps Logistics Base, said Armando Gonzalez. True to its roots in Lenwood, the restaurant serves up authentic Mexican food to much of... Full story

Barstow man killed in crash

Staff Reports

BARSTOW • An 82-year-old man was killed after he was run over by a pickup truck in a traffic collision Friday night, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. At 8:15 p.m., the Barstow Police Department responded to a report that ... Full story

Locals optimistic about school funding

Governor’s revised budget would send extra $2.9 billion to schools

SHEA JOHNSON

More money for schools with an emphasis on English-learning and lower-income students highlight Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget, which was met with optimism by both local superintendents. “It levels the playing field,” Silver Val... Full story

Motorcyclists ride through MCLB

Veterans with ‘Run for the Wall’ to raise awareness

BROOKE SELF

BARSTOW • Scores of motorcyclists zipped through Joseph Boll Avenue at the Marine Corps Logistics Base on Wednesday en route to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. The “Run for the Wall” riders hope to raise awareness about pris... Full story

Civilian furloughs reduced to 11 days

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

FORT IRWIN • U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Tuesday in a Department of Defense memo that unpaid time off would in fact be required for about 680,000 civilian employees — including workers at local bases — ... Full story

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