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Armona

Hazy
Temperature: 50.0 °F

Humidity: 83 %
Wind Speed: 3 mph SSE
Pressure: 30.13 "

Dew Point: 45 °F
Gusts: 6 mph S
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Local holiday shopping may feel impact of country's' money woes
  

  Vickie Guinn will be spending far less money on Christmas gifts this year. While she has always been the type to shop at stores like Ross and Marshall's to save a little extra, this year it is becoming a ...

• Incumbents retain seats on Armona El Schools board
  

  Armona's school board will retain the same members, according to the results of Tuesday's election.

• Registered sex offender charged in abuse of boy, 9
  

  A registered sex offender living in Armona was arrested on Friday when Kings County Sheriff's Deputies caught wind that the man was involved in a pattern of sexual abuse against a 9-year-old boy, law ...

• Continue reading
  

  As thick clouds hovered above and the outside autumn air chilled bones, some 550 students from Armona Elementary School paraded down 14th Avenue early Friday, flaunting every costume imaginable -- from ...

• Local Guest Commentary: Armona school board candidates respond
  

  This is a rebuttal to the article titled "School board candidates' flier causes flap in Armona" and a clarification of our perspective concerning the election for two seats on the Armona Union Elementary School ...

• At a Glance: ReligionNew Beginnings Pentecostal Church
  

  Sunday is Friend Day at New Beginnings Pentecostal Church of God, 10936 N. Cedar St., in Armona.

• Kings County leaning toward Gilmore, Kern toward Florez
  

  The ad wars are raging. The accusations are flying. And local citizens are wondering who's going to prevail in the contest between Republican Danny Gilmore and Democrat Fran Florez to represent the 30th ...

• Melco reunion dance provides blast to the past
  

  Back in the 1960s, Patti Sue Till, 55, would sneak out of her parents home to come to the Melco dances in Kings County.

• Centennial Park drug bust leads to arrest of man
  

  A late-night trip to the park turned into a small-time drug bust on Saturday evening when a man carrying a small caliber revolver and some packaged marijuana was taken into custody at Centennial Park.

• Investigation continues in fire at Armona El
  

  A single office in the Armona Elementary School administration building caught fire early Saturday morning in a blaze that could have burned the entire structure to the ground, according to county firefighters.

• Tire recycling plant proposed in Armona
  

  A local businessman is proposing to start a tire recycling business in Armona, according to documents issued by Kings County.

• Firefighter, animal shelter positions safe
  

  The Armona Fire Department won't lose a body, and the Kings County animal services shelter will get two part-time kennel technicians after all.

• Co-workers recall man killed in altercation
  

  Business continued as usual Monday at Liberty Chrysler on Lacey Boulevard, as technicians and fellow employees worked to service a constant stream of automobiles.

• Old-style country music lives on in local musicians, fans
  

  There were some big names at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco last weekend: Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Taylor, Emmylou Harris.

• Armona man accused in rape case
  

  An Armona man wanted on suspicion of raping a girl under 18 years of age was arrested early Tuesday morning when law enforcement officials located him in the bingo hall at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino.

• Armona school candidates night tonight
  

  Armona Union Elementary School District will host a "meet the candidates" night today at 6 p.m. In the Armona Elementary School cafeteria.

• Religion at a glance
  

  The Armona United Methodist Church will be having their Third Wednesday Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct.

• School board candidates' flier causes flap in Armona
  

  A flier recently distributed by two candidates for the Armona Union Elementary School District board stirred up controversy in the community.

• Tears flow as brother and sister finally meet
  

  For 61 years, Patricia Shaw, raised as an only child, longed to have a brother. That dream came to fruition Friday as Shaw of Armona grasped the arms and body of Frank Trepanier, 70, at Fresno-Yosemite ...

City Description

Armona is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kings County, California, United States. It is part of the Hanford - Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,239 at the 2000 census. Armona's motto is "Small But Proud". Armona is located at 36°18′46″N 119°42′30″W / 36.31278, -119.70833 (36.312673, -119.708239). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km²), all of it land. The name "Armona" was applied to the townsite by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1891. Reportedly, the name was coined by transposing the first two letters of the name "Ramona". The first school in the Armona vicinity was the Giddings School built in 1880. The Giddings School District was renamed Armona in 1907. A new brick school house was constructed in the early 1920s. As that structure did not comply with California's earthquake standards, it was replaced in 1953 with what is now the Armona Elementary School. A post office was established in the community in 1887. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,239 people, 961 households, and 786 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,688.3 people per square mile (651.3/km²).

City Contained By:

• Kings County
• California

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 4.92097740964 km squared

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