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JobFest on Tuesday Offers Employment Opportunities

From the May 10, 2013 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Monday, May 13, 2013 at 5:45 p.m.) – The Kern County Department of Human Services 2013 JobFest Series will feature an event in Bakersfield tomorrow.

Bakersfield JobFest takes place Tuesday May 14th at the Marriott Hotel, 801 Truxtun Avenue, in Bakersfield from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

Bakersfield’s unemployment rate is

Wildfire halts traffic on northbound I-5 from Castaic

From the May 10, 2013 Edition

UPDATE: FRAZIER PARK, CA (Monday, May 13, 2013 at 6:05 p.m.)—Kuepper reports that the fire is contained, but traffic is moving very slowly. He estimates it could take two hours to drive from Castaic to Templin Highway while mop-up

Falcons are league champions!

From the May 3, 2013 Edition

LEBEC, CA (Monday, April 7, 2013 at 9:15 p.m.)—The Frazier Mountain High School Falcon varsity baseball team won its game against Rosamond this afternoon at Falcon Field to claim its first-ever High Desert League championship title. They won 5-3 against Rosamond. The team is now 9-0 in league play and 17-8 overall. They…

Frazier Mtn Park Road on-ramp and Gorman southbound off-ramp now open

From the April 26, 2013 Edition

GORMAN, CA (Friday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.) — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to close the lanes, ramps and connectors listed below as part of a $100.1 million pavement improvement project on the Golden State Freeway (I-5) between Vista Del Lago Road and the Kern County line. Closures are subject to change.

Closures for this project had been suspended for the winter and have recently begun again. Motorists should expect regular closures at multiple locations in the project area through November 2013.

NOW OPEN: The southbound I-5 Gorman Road off-ramp and
southbound I-5 Frazier Mountain Park Road on-ramp have been reopened.

Woman flown to hospital after accident

From the April 26, 2013 Edition

LAKE OF THE WOODS, CA (Friday, May 3, 2013 at 3:45 p.m.)—A woman who was a passenger in a vehicle with her daughter and granddaughter was transported to the medevac helipad in Lebec with moderate to major injuries. Their vehicle was rear-ended by a Ford F-350 on Friday, May 3 just after 3 p.m. The driver of the Ford said he’d had a sneezing attack just before the accident. See the story in The Mountain Enterprise, May 10 edition.

Questions about man with binoculars near Frazier Park School

From the April 26, 2013 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Thursday, May 2, 2013 at noon.)—Yesterday a letter went out to parents from Frazier Park School about an incident that took place last Friday, April 26. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the campus to investigate a report about a man seen about 100 feet away from the school, in a tree with binoculars.

Lake of the Woods Water Co. Puts Customers on Conservation Alert

From the April 26, 2013 Edition

Lake of the Woods, CA (Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.)—An emergency water shortage has been announced by the Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company. Manager Diane Gustafson called The Mountain Enterprise newspaper Tuesday afternoon

Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon

From the April 26, 2013 Edition

Fire Weather Watch in effect from late Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon for winds… low humidities with poor overnight recoveries and dry fuels for the Tehachapi Mountains west of Interstate 5…

The National Weather Service …

Body from Mount Pinos area officially identified

From the April 19, 2013 Edition

CUDDY VALLEY, CA (Friday, April 19, 2013 at 4 p.m.) —The Mountain Enterprise has received official confirmation that the body of the young man found deceased in a green Honda on Burbank Road, just west of …