Community

Green Dragon Farms to get permit

From the January 18, 2013 Edition

By Linda Robredo

We are being scheduled to receive a permit as early as February 7 after a five-month wait for Kern County Planning to announce our application is complete, as presented July 2012.

Never give up your dreaming

From the January 18, 2013 Edition

Jizo Peace Center Holds MLK Retreat

Jizo Peace Center will hold a Martin Luther King Day Retreat on MLK’s birthday, January 21.

The event will be held at 2012 Pioneer Way in the Pine …

He touched the lives and hearts of so many…

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

An outpouring of condolences and memories poured into The Mountain Enterprise about the death of Dave Giniwiecz a.k.a. Dave da Handyman. We posted them at www.MountainEnterprise.com. We wanted to share a sampling of the comments …

Family Celebrates Rescue

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

By Patric Hedund and Gary Meyer

Allison Fitzmorris, 21 was clinging to a rocky ledge surrounded by snow and buffeted by bone-chilling winds on the morning of January 2 as she watched her sister Ariel, …

Mountain Heads to Capitol Hill

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

Enterprise reports on fiscal cliff follies in D.C.

By Patric Hedlund

At the end of 2012 the countdown to this nation’s drop over the fiscal cliff in Washington, D.C. was an international story. A …

Sledding fun

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

Early winter snows have been gentle, inviting sledding fun from Frazier Mountain Park to Apache Saddle, with good road clearance and easy access.

Phyllis and Rick Throckmorton’s grandsons Quinten, 9 with Connor, 6 from Oxnard …

First Solar Layoffs Confirmed

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Ted Meyer, vice president of corporate communications for First Solar, Inc. confirmed this week that construction on Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One (AVSR1) is proceeding according to schedule. The work of the …

Big Rig vs. Pickup Truck Crash Closes Highway 138

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

UPDATE – NEENACH/FAIRMONT/WEST ANTELOPE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (Monday, January 14, 2013 at 5:45 p.m.)–Highway 138 (Avenue D) is now open to traffic.

UPDATE – NEENACH/FAIRMONT/WEST ANTELOPE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (Monday, January 14, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.)–An officer …

Green Dragon sailing forward

From the January 11, 2013 Edition

First community garden permit to be granted by Kern County

By Patric Hedlund

On January 3 a hearing held by the Kern County Planning and Community Development Department in Bakersfield appeared to prove the truth …