RIDGECREST, Calif. -- A bit of moisture helped firefighters make headway against...the isolated community of Kennedy Meadows, about 35 miles northwest of Ridgecrest. "We had some precipitation last night that really helped the firefighters...

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- A tiny mountain town went up in flames and eight homes were destroyed as a 63,270-acre wildfire continued its...

...Sequoia National Forest, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The injured were transported by helicopter from the site to Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. Three had minor injuries and the fourth complained of severe back pain, said Kern County fire Capt...

...on the working face, where coal was being mined, but provided no other information. Military to help fight fires in West RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters battling stubborn wildfires that have consumed a half-million acres of timber, bush and...

...veteran from the Rasher is from the Backus area. For more information, contact Dick Traser, 913 N. Sierra View St., Ridgecrest, CA, 93555-3013, (760) 446-4659, e-mail submariner@ussrasher.org. The Rasher may also be found on the Internet...

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Myrlan Handeland, 75, died Saturday...He moved to Long Beach, Calif., in 1950 then to Ridgecrest, Calif., in 1976. He served on the Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce board of directors since 1986 and...

...it in the lives of others. Being part of other ministries, I've seen God at work through prayer." Miller is flying to Ridgecrest, N.C., next month to participate in the 15th annual Moms In Touch International retreat, scheduled Oct. 29-31. Any...

...that its quality-control folks could contact the store -- which seems a step in the right direction. -- Wanda Church, Ridgecrest, Calif. We speak to manufacturers all the time while doing research for this column. They are always helpful and informative...

...church custodians from 1963-1978. Survivors include three sons, Howard Handeland, Cottage Grove, Myrlan Handeland, Ridgecrest, Calif., and John Handeland, Brainerd; a daughter, Marlys Plante, Fort Ripley; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren...

...Coon Rapids; a daughter and son-in-law, Carla and Donald Williams of Anchorage, Alaska; brother, Clarence Johnson of Ridgecrest, Calif.; two sisters, Evelyn Wilcox of Glendale, Calif., and Judy Parsons of Rancho Mirage, Calif.; a grandson...