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In attempts to modernize itself, skipping has been added as an official track and field event. It's something everybody does and can be done at street meets.

With COVID-19 recommendations relaxed, Mainers navigate the new mask etiquette in different ways. For some, it's a matter of reading the room.

The Barstow City Council agenda spanning more than 600 pages covers a slew of presentations and votes the public can expect to offer input on Monday.

“I found out a lot more in that meeting than just threatening or firing a position,” Councilman Tim Silva said with a tinge of urgency.

The City Council’s last meeting of the year will open to the public at 7 p.m. Monday and end with a vote on Mayor Paul Courtney’s ethical conduct.

The city’s use of Measure Q money has come under criticism from some residents who argue it isn’t funding fire and police.

A public meeting is set to bring revisions for a proposal that will subject every Barstow landlord and renter to a new system of mandatory inspections.

High-dollar decisions and flare-ups from the dais and public marked a three-and-a-half-hour City Council meeting Nov. 17.

On Friday, the resort announced that opening day for Sun Valley will be on Thanksgiving Day this year, weather permitting.

Col. Gregory B. Pace now leads the second-largest employer in the city Victorville Daily Press A new leader is in charge at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base, which transitions from a commander whose three-year term saw the base’s reach and purpose expand while nearly $3 billion worth of equipment rolled in and out on Barstow’s rail lines. During a ceremony Thursday morning, Col. Gregory B. Pace became commanding officer at a base that is Barstows second-largest employer — behin...