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- Study: One in 10 teens are ‘heavy’ marijuana users
- BARSTOW • Barstow High School Principal Derrick Delton has good reason to be concerned about teen marijuana use. To him, using the drug makes students’ motivation wane, they fall behind in credits and all that puts them at risk of dropping... Full story
- Pregnancy center again faces financial problems
- Center nearly closed in 2010
- BARSTOW • Funding is slowing for the Barstow Pregnancy Center, with the organization receiving about two-thirds of the monthly revenue it needs to keep its doors open. Molly Ulm, the center’s director, says her treasurer estimates the sho... Full story
- Man dies after officers Tase him
- BARSTOW • A man died early Monday morning after authorities used a Taser to subdue him, with reports the man ran across lanes of Interstate 15, threw rocks at patrol units and even bit one officer. The incident shut down the eastbound Lenwood R... Full story
- State candidates talk fixing California's economy
- The Desert Dispatch asked the candidates running for state Assembly in the June 5 election to respond to the following question, in 100 words or less: What can the state do to improve California’s economy?Assembly District 33District includes ... Full story
- Nonprofits team up for fireworks
- Four organizations find partners
- BARSTOW • Four organizations that were selected in a lottery drawing last week to sell fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday period have partnered with other nonprofit organizations. The move expands the pool of organizations that stand to ... Full story
- Barstow Community College students graduate, look ahead
- BARSTOW • Barstow Community College’s 51st graduating class walked across the stage and received their diplomas Friday evening. The class consisted of 244 women and 156 men and ranged in age from 15 to 74. One mother and daughter received... Full story
- Police arrest murder suspect for court bomb threat
- This story updated May 19 to correct the suspect's age and address. BARSTOW • Police arrested a man accused of making a bomb threat on Facebook that led to the evacuation of the Barstow courthouse Friday. Marcus Razario, 51, was arrested at 4:... Full story
- Study: One in 10 teens are ‘heavy’ marijuana users
- A new national study released by the Partnership at drugfree.org showed that one in 10 teens are “heavy” marijuana users — smoking at least 20 times a month. This represents an 80 percent increase in “heavy” teen users f... Full story
- Down to Earth
- Hinkley resident to showcase Adobe domes
- HINKLEY • When Penny Harper finishes building her dream house, it will be fireproof, tornado proof, earthquake proof — and be made almost entirely out of mud. The Hinkley ranch owner has built two Adobe domes on her property — both ... Full story
- Elderly man arrested for stabbing wife
- BARSTOW • An 82-year-old man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing his elderly wife with broken glass, police said. Patrick Flores was arrested around 2 p.m. at his home in the 1900 block of East Main Street for assault with a deadly w... Full story
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