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The song "Taps" was originally composed during the Civil War in 1862 by Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield and Pvt.

WIND POWER: CEMEX is installing four wind turbines - two at its Victorville plant and two at the Black Mountain Quarry in an unincorporated area of Apple Valley - to cut carbon emissions and energy costs.

It's been some time since I visited the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley and as soon as I went through the glass door I could see that there had been some major changes.

Walking on Water is one of the new attractions at the San Bernardino County Fair.

Speakers to include Fort Irwin Brig. Gen. Terry Ferrell, Col. Daniel Ermer of the Marine Corps Logistics Base, and Barstow Mayor Joe Gomez.

H. Bruce Franklin remembers Romney from his Stanford days and lays out exactly how he and his father ensured he would evade service in the war which, at Stanford, he was demonstrating for.

VICTORVILLE A Victorville woman accused of stealing $6,000 from a 72-year-old Crestline woman she befriended at an Apple Valley gym pleaded guilty to elder abuse and fraud Wednesday, court records indicate.

DEFENDANTS: Crystal Rodriguez, left, Juan Carlos Santos-Herrera, center, and Martin Morales sit in court Thursday during their trial.

As the June 5 primary approaches, the Desert Dispatch asked the 13 candidates running for the newly drawn 8th Congressional District representing the High Desert to weigh in on this question, in 50 words or less: How would you address health care reform? "I would begin by voting to take health care out of the hands of the federal government where ... (more)

RANCHO CUCAMONGA A Hesperia man arrested for his connection to a Rancho Cucamonga fatal shooting was sentenced to one year in jail Thursday.

A 14-year-old San Bernardino County boy was arrested on suspicion of plotting to kill another teen over a stolen bicycle, authorities said Thursday afternoon.

For the second time this week, sheriff's detectives in the High Desert have made an arrest in a solicitation-for-murder case involving young teenagers.

A mountain lion wandered into a residential neighborhood yesterday in Hesperia prompting authorities to tranquilize and relocated the big cat, state Fish & Game officials say.

Apple Valley - There are only two more weeks of Concerts in The Courtyard. Join the Town of Apple Valley at Apple Valley Commons this week to hear Lady and the Tramps play acoustic variety from 5:30 to 7:30 this Thursday.

Angelica Aquirre of Hesperia says she recently became tougher with her rebellious daughter.

A southern California 13-year-old girl and two of her friends were arrested Tuesday after authorities say they tried to murder the girl's mother because she was 'too strict'. Police spokeswoman Susan Rose says police were called by the victim after her daughter and two 14-year-old friends allegedly attacked her in her Hesperia, California, home.

Victorville City Manager Doug Robertson tells us that when Jim Cox returned as interim city manager in 2009, the two of them instituted a reorganization that resulted in 64 layoffs and 29 demotions, and 11 other terminations, retirements or resignations.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies arrested three young teenagers Tuesday, May 22, after the mother of one reported being attacked by her daughter and the two others earlier in the day.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Krystal M. Clayton Hyland, daughter of Cynthia M. Clayton of Victorville, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.

Families will enjoy old-fashioned toys at the Victor Valley Museum on Sunday, May 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This Family Fun Day, designed for families with children ages 5 and above, is included with paid museum admission.