The Bureau of Prisons has canceled collective bargaining agreements with the federal correctional workers union, affecting employees at the complex in Lompoc. Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk file ...

A Lompoc man sentenced to federal prison for selling untraceable firearms pleaded guilty last month to a charge of possessing contraband while incarcerated, after corrections officers found a bag ...

The partial federal shutdown is entering its third week with escalating effects across Santa Barbara County, disrupting paychecks, delaying aid and straining key institutions that include Vandenberg ...