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Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon To Receive Santa Clarita Valley YMCA John Fuller Memorial Award

Santa Clarita Valley YMCA officials Thursday are welcoming more than 300 business owners and community leaders to the inaugural Heart of the Community Gala at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Valencia. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This event will celebrate the service of individuals who have made a ...

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Obama Talks About ISIL Plan, McKeon Discusses Military Response

President Barack Obama laid out America’s strategy for the response to ISIS, a growing threat challenging the stability of one of the most volatile areas of the world. “I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are,” Obama said Wednesday in a national address. “This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.” Local Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, gave the plan a mixed review, with the House Armed Services chairman praising the call to action, but cautioning against anything but a “robust” military response.

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Buck McKeon Holding Press Conference For St. Francis Dam Memorial

Congressman Buck McKeon is holding a press conference to discuss the creation of a national memorial for the hundreds killed in the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, officials announced Saturday. At the conference, McKeon is set to discuss legislation he has introduced that would authorize the memorial for the disaster, which is considered “one of the worst civil engineering ...

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Santa Clarita Teen Raising Funds For Buck McKeon Internship

College of the Canyons student Valente Montes is asking the Santa Clarita Valley for help to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Montes, 19, of Santa Clarita, is interning at the Santa Clarita office for Congressman Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita. However, after he heard about an internship for McKeon’s office in Washington D.C., he applied, interviewed and got the job. Don’t miss ...

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13 SCV Teens To Be Honored By City And Government Representatives

City and local government representatives are honoring 13 Santa Clarita Valley teens at the SCV Teen Hero Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, city officials announced. The teens have been selected by school administrators for making positive life changes and overcoming serious obstacles in their lives, acting as leaders for their peers, according to a city of Santa Clarita news release. Don’t ...

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Bipartisan Call Urges Congressman Buck McKeon To Act On Cemex Mine

A pair of candidates for the 25th Congressional District seat held by Congressman Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, and a state assemblyman are calling on McKeon to stop an aggregate mine in Canyon Country by reviving a tact he tried in 2001. A letter sent by state Sen. Steve Knight, R-Antelope Valley, and Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, urged McKeon “to submit an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that would declare State Highway 14 a ‘national defense asset’ that would ban the CEMEX mega-mine from moving forward,” the letter stated. In 2001, amendment language on the Highway 14 move was accepted, however it was pulled from the bill during conference committee, Wilk said.

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