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Fire Closes 2 NB Lanes on I-5 Near Pyramid Lake

From the January 27, 2012 Edition

UPDATE: I-5 Grapevine, GORMAN, CA (Thursday, Feb. 2 at 2:24 p.m.)—At 3:09 p.m. the California Highway Patrol put up a note saying that a third lane is now open northbound near Pyramid Lake, so traffic …

Lebec Residents Seized by Immigration Service

From the January 20, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund LEBEC, CA (Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.)—The Mountain Enterprise secured official confirmation Friday that several people were taken from Lebec by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel over the past …

Next Era Says it Is Pulling Back Portal Ridge Permit Request

From the January 20, 2012 Edition

Wstern Antelope Valley / Lake Elizabeth / Lake Hughes / Fairmont / Neenach, CA (Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.)—The following letter was circulated yesterday to communities concerned about the NextEra plans for a …

USFS Objection Period Opens on Frazier Mountain Project

From the January 20, 2012 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 at 1 p.m.)—The U. S. Forest Service has issued a notice that a 30-day  "objection period" has just begun for a forest thinning and fuels treatment operation on …

Falcons Win Bishop Game in Dramatic Half Second Finale

From the January 13, 2012 Edition

BISHOP, CA (Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:11 p.m.)—Tony Levesque has called from Bishop to say the Falcon Girls Basketball team were down 51-52 with  1/2 second left in the game. Angel McNeeley fainted so …

Meeting Held To Explain First Solar’s Future Goals

From the January 13, 2012 Edition

UPDATE By Patric Hedlund ANTELOPE VALLEY, FAIRMONT, NEENACH, CA (Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at 8:30 p.m.)—The weather was beginning to take on a desert chill tonight in the Western Antelope Valley when executives for First …

Fire Crews Respond to House Fire in Pine Mountain

From the January 13, 2012 Edition

Pine Mountain, CA (Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m.)—The Kern County Fire Department says its news report system is not working currently. They called with this report:

On Saturday, Jan. 14 at approximately 6:16 a.m. …