Week’s Highs To Be in the 80s—National Weather Service
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 7:30 a.m.)—This is a good week to get busy and finish up a lot of those projects that we just can’t seem to get done when it …
Aunt Arrested in Toddler’s Death
The drowning of 18- month-old Gabriela Montoya on Easter Sunday, April 8, in a hot tub in Frazier Park, has been followed by the arrest of her aunt, Guadalupe Hernandez Vasquez, 25.
Vasquez’ four children …
‘Volunteer Power’ Most Dependable Source of Energy on the Mountain
An Editorial by Patric Hedlund, Managing Editor
In less than a year, the two highest paid executives serving the Mountain Communities have left office prematurely. One gave an hour’s notice with a year and about …
Earth Day Challenges Met in Many Ways
Local school children and a chapter of an international organization devoted to teaching children about nature are using creativity to seek solutions for shrinking wildlife habitat and to find ways to personally slow the accelerating …
Spring in the mountains
Spring in the mountains is never dull, it is a bouquet of surprises. At top, migrating herons grace the ponds and wetlands of the Gorman hills, then (above), mere days later, on April 15, an …
News and Features
Frazier Park Library Nearly Back on Track
Diane Duquette, director of Kern County Libraries, announced that the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, April 17 to approve her contract with a new architect to build the long-awaited 9,000 square foot Frazier ...
Local Robotics Mentor Speaks Of Virginia Tech Tragedy
Charles Hurst, a lead mentor with the Frazier Mountain High School robotics team, taught mechanical engineering for 29 years at Virginia Technological Institute sometimes in the same Norris Hall classrooms where the nations worst shooting ...
Oh, Deer
By Patrice Stimpson
Spring has sprung and the squirrels, rabbits and deer are busy searching for mates. The bears will be waking up soon, and they will be hungry and roaming around looking for food ...
Two More Youth In Serious Car Accident Near High School
‘I’ll Always Use My Seat Belt Now’
It can happen to anyone. Mix a little too much speed behind the wheel, failure to fasten your seat belt, a momentary loss of control and suddenly you ...
Regional Blueprint Meeting Is Enlightening
The Kern Council of Governments’ (KCOG’s) regional planners were on a mission Thursday, April 12, "not to give information," as Administrative Officer Darrel Hildebrand told the crowd, "but to receive information and take it back ...
Come Be a Yellraiser
By Mary Murphy
It’s time for the Frazier Mountain High School cheerleader’s Annual Donkey Basketball Yellraiser.
This year’s Yellraiser is on Saturday, April 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the high school. Registration ...
Steve Stitt Jury Trial Scheduled
A jury trial date of May 21, has been set for Steven Allen Stitt, 54 of Frazier Park.
Stitt was arrested on January 14 after a student at El Tejon elementary and middle school was ...
See Disco Knights This Weekend
By Donato Ventura
Disco Knights is a musical that the whole community will enjoy. Here’s the chance to see the Superintendent of the school district and the Principal of El Tejon School take to the ...
Speak Your Mind, Even if Your Voice Shakes
By Rob Rephan, Education Coordinator, Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault
You are invited to join Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault to observe Denim Day on April 25, a local, state and ...
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