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 ...

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 ...

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 ...