Community

Color the Mountain 5k wins wild support

From the October 11, 2013 Edition

‘It is important for kids up here to know they can do more than they think they can.’—Monick Powers, 16

By Patric Hedlund—Runner Emily Hon, 10 and a group of laughing grandparents were playfully color-bombed by Monick Powers, 16 and her friends Saturday, Oct. 5 at the “Color the Mountain” 5k Run. Puffy clouds of pink, yellow, blue and green cornstarch…

Legal details under construction

From the October 4, 2013 Edition

The Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce and the Frazier Park Public Utility District are working on legal details this month to make two commercial signage bays on Frazier Mountain Park Road available to merchants. —PH

Forum on U.S. Service Academies set for October 19

From the October 4, 2013 Edition

A forum for students who want to attend a U.S. Service Academy will be hosted on Saturday, Oct. 19, 11 a.m. to noon, by staff of Congressman Kevin McCarthy.

The process to seek a …

Federal offices shut down

From the October 4, 2013 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Lake of the Woods resident June Ramsey called to say she went to the Chuchupate Ranger Station Tuesday, Oct. 1 and was surprised to see a sign on the door reading: “Due …

TriCounty Watchdogs: ‘Fallingstar is dead’

From the October 4, 2013 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Back in early 2012 the TriCounty Watchdogs prevailed in a hard-fought court battle against Kern County and Paso Robles developer Frank Arciero, Jr.’s Fallingstar Homes. The county had given a green light …

Water level drops sharply in two Frazier Park wells

From the October 4, 2013 Edition

Meeting called for all regional water well owners and agencies

 By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund

A sharp decline in the static water levels of two Frazier Park Public Utility District wells was described to the …

Governor Brown signs minimum wage hike

From the September 27, 2013 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 10 on Wednesday, Sept. 25 to increase California’s minimum wage in two increments, from $8 to $9 an hour by July 1, 2014 and to $10 …

Building Inspector Del Clowes retires

From the September 27, 2013 Edition

The community will miss the friendly and knowledgeable face behind the counter at the Kern County Building Department Inspection Office in Frazier Park.

Delbert Clowes retires this week.

The Lebec resident has provided help with …