News From Around The County
Religion Today: Ode to the Machinist – By Richard Lewis His name is Miklos. I can’t recall all the details of how I met him, but my friend Miklos turned out to be a master machinist. Our friendship has been a wonderful blessing. When you are working on older cars you will often need parts that are long out of […]
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Religion Today: Cheyenne Mountain – By Richard Lewis In the mountains of Colorado there is a special Government facility not far from Colorado Springs known as Cheyenne Mountain. This large underground complex was built during the Cold War era. The usage of this huge underground complex has varied over the years but its current role is to give military communications equipment […]
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When a bank teller kindly asked a customer to comply with COVID-19 regulations last summer, the patron began cursing and screaming at the teller. “Everyone in the bank could hear him — he even threw a pen at my co-worker,” said Fresno County resident Angelica Ramentas, who was working in the loan department that day. As the customer stormed out, […]
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Religion Today: His name was Sako! – By Richard Lewis Sako was a 4-year-old King Shepherd dog from British Columbia who was inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame in 2015 for his efforts to protect his 16-year-old owner, Joseph Phillips-Garcia, after a horrific car accident. The family was returning from an outing on a back road when […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Saddles and Salvation – By Richard Lewis “While riding through the rain and dark, with no human being with me, my soul was comforted on the reflection of the omnipresence of my Saviour: I felt he was near to bless and preserve me.” Isaac Boring, 1829. There is a 100-year period of American history when itinerant […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Revisiting the Cross at Christmas – By Richard Lewis I asked a pastor friend of mine what percentage of people struggle with the holiday season. His answer of 30% surprised me and then I spoke with others who felt that his 30% estimate was probably way too low. It seems a part of this is unmet and […]
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The most translated website in the world — jw.org, the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses — includes content in more than 1,030 languages, including many Indigenous languages considered at risk of dying out. Among them are Central Alaskan Yupik, spoken by some 10,000 in Alaska, as well as Blackfoot, Cherokee, Choctaw, Hopi and Navajo. SEE OTHER RECENT JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ARTICLES: […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: A Wallet in the Sea – A picture of the depths of God’s love – By Richard Lewis I’m afraid that I am kind of a Titanic devotee and am always interested in stories and trivia about the great ship and the tragic sinking disaster in 1912. You may recall a scene from some of the older […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: His Outstretched Arms – By Richard Lewis Originally delivered on November 28, 2010 as a Communion Meditation at Pathway Christian Church in Riverside California Mark 10:16 And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. Shortly after I became a Christian, a close friend suffered a horrible tragedy. The grandfather […]
Read moreContact the editor: [email protected] Trevor Montgomery, 50, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS). Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto […]
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