State Budget Crisis Hits Home on Mountain

State Budget Crisis Hits Home on Mountain

Library, Schools, Jobs, Water System Funds Frozen

By Patric Hedlund

Teachers nervously shared dark humor as they assembled at the Frazier Mountain High School cafetorium, awaiting the start of a rare district-wide “all hands on …

Do you love birds?

Do you love birds?

By Katy Penland, Mountain Enterprise staff

Would you like to become a “citizen scientist” to help count the wild birds in your backyard? The 12th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) this year falls over …

CHP Is Hiring

CHP Is Hiring

By Mark Ehly, Fort Tejon CHP Station

On January 23, 2009, the California Highway Patrol swore in 178 new officers during graduation ceremonies at the CHP Academy in West Sacramento. The graduation ceremony is the …

CHP Media Boot Camp

CHP Media Boot Camp

By Patric Hedlund

Ok, I’ll be the first to admit it. As a cadet, I fell a little short. Ok, revise that. I fell very short. Revise that again: I fell. Often. In fact, I …

Marathon Runners

Marathon Runners

Excitement was crackling around the local internet last week with the story of several Mountain Community runners who competed in the Carlsbad 2009 Half Marathon, a 13-mile run along the California coast in San Diego …

COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing

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Now through Saturday, Feb. 14

  • Comments being accepted on Holiday Inn Express (on Wainright Court, Lebec) negative declaration on environmental impact. Send to Lee Takikawa, USDA Rural Development, …

Update on Gigi Day’s Recovery

Update on Gigi Day's Recovery

Update Monday, Feb. 2, 11 a.m.—Gigi says she is doing much better than people expected, and progressing as well as she possibly can given that she still has certain limitations. She says the doctors come …

News and Features

Food Co-ops Win Members

Three different food co-ops have contacted The Mountain Enterprise recently to tell about joint-purchase plans to lower family food costs while increasing access to fresh produce and organic foods grown nearby.

About 25 families are ...

Bors Leave Ranch in Lockwood Valley

By Gary Meyer

Joan and Ernie Bor, who were arrested in October of last year on charges of animal cruelty, have left their ranch in Lockwood Valley, according to Ventury County Animal Regulation Director Kathy ...

Fuller Takes Water, Parks, Wildlife Leadership Role

Jean Fuller, (R-Bakersfield), who represents the Frazier Mountain Communities in the California State Assembly, is the newly appointed Vice Chair of the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.

“Jean Fuller will be a strong leader on ...