Orcutt News

Chris Jensen announced Thursday that Jensen Guitar & Music Co. will close its Santa Maria store, located in the Albertsons shopping center on Clark Avenue in Orcutt.

Editor's Note: This is an occasional series looking at the effects of the economic downturn in Santa Barbara County.

Some parents of children in the Lompoc Unified School District were finding out about their offspring's frequent absences later than others, a continuity problem school officials viewed as an overall attendance issue.

Federal officials have released their proposal on how they plan to spend $1.9 billion to buy up Native American-owned fractionated land tracts and turn them over to tribes.

Parishioners of Santa Maria Presbyterian Church gathered Sunday morning to worship for the last time in the sanctuary at 200 W. Cook St.

A family raised just more than a thousand dollars today to find a cure for a disorder affecting more than 100,000 people in the U.S. and one little girl in Santa Maria.

Local school districts could be losing state money next school year instead of gaining some to serve their youngest students.

With jittery nerves, a pair of sophomores from Orcutt Academy High School accomplished a feat that five other potential competitors decided not to attempt.