From the August 17, 2012 Edition
The El Tejon Unified School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting on August 15 to do some of the business they had not accomplished on the aborted meeting of August 8. The …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
Neenach / Gorman, CA (August 18, 2012 at 4 p.m.)—A fire is being fought by about six helicopters in the hills just to the south of Quail Lake near Interstate 5. There are no barricades …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer
Skies exploded with crashing thunder and strobing lightning as a tropical storm cell pounded the western end of the Mountain Communities with heavy rains Saturday, Aug. 11. Flooding water …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
Frazier Park, CA (Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 at 10:30 p.m.)—About 55 parents and concerned community members met with consultants until after 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 at Frazier Park School. They discussed their aspirations for …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
Center of the World Festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday Aug.17-19 at Pine Mountain Village gazebo
If you’ve always wanted to know what it is like to be at the center of the world, this …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
Frazier Park, CA (Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 at 2 p.m.)—Ken Hurst of Piñon Pines was excited today to learn that the project he has been working on for nearly two years has been given the …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The Schott family of Cuddy Valley woke with a jolt Saturday, Aug. 4 at 12:59 a.m.
A motion alarm was sounding, and it wasn’t stopping. Daughter Rhonda Zimmerman shot out of bed. …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
Advance Budget Advocates Hiring
By Patric Hedlund
It appears that Kern County will be hiring again. After four years of austerity and continual cutbacks, the Kern County Administrative Office released a Recommended Budget for Fiscal …
From the August 17, 2012 Edition
By Susan Amon
On Thursday, Aug. 23, the Ridge Route Museum presents another in their series of Night Talks. This one will be held at 6 p.m at the museum’s outdoor amphitheater.
Lynn Stafford, an …
From the August 10, 2012 Edition
By Gary Meyer
The housing market in the Mountain Communities may be rebounding from its bottom, according to local broker Gary Wilson, owner of Mountain Properties (with offices in Pine Mountain and Frazier Park).
While …