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FPPUD has found its Mojo

From the October 4, 2019 Edition

Frazier Park Public Utility District has important work to do, keeping a whole town from going dry. But General Manager Jonnie Allison had an unexpected tale to tell to the FPPUD board of directors last …

Crazy winter we’re having this fall

From the October 4, 2019 Edition

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Monday began with a 14°F dawn this week. That is what Rick Throckmorton’s weather station told him. He sent readouts to prove it [see photo below].

Indoors, on Sunday, his family …

Three stranded bikers rescued in Lockwood Valley

From the September 27, 2019 Edition

Sheriff’s ATV sped up the search

Three men from Los Angeles set out Sunday, Sept. 15, on motorcycles from their Hungry Valley campsite. Tailai and Jeffrey Ting, 61 and 30, from Chino, and Wanjun Ai, …

Caltrans: Watch out for wildlife

From the September 20, 2019 Edition

This is Watch Out For Wildlife Week. Caltrans and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) warn drivers be alert now through December to avoid collisions with wild animals.

The rate of wildlife-vehicle collisions …

In Loving Memory of Karen Bailey

From the September 20, 2019 Edition

…whose tireless dedication made #58 and paramedics here inevitable.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? — George Eliot, 1871 [contributed by Rosalie Maggio]

To …

After victory, Falcons have Friday the 13th scare

From the September 20, 2019 Edition

By Patric Hedlund, TME

It was an emotional night for the Frazier Mountain High School Falcon football team on Friday, Sept. 13.

They had just won their first game of the season, with a …

McCarthy says he will push for new veterans clinic

From the September 13, 2019 Edition

House minority leader blames flaws in the contract system for delaying new VA facility here

Ten years ago, Congress authorized the construction of 15 new community-based outpatient Veterans Administration (VA) clinics, including one in …

9/11 Ride to Remember, through the years

From the September 6, 2019 Edition

The 9/11 Ride to Remember began on that day in 2001 when terrorists attacked the New York City World Trade Center and the Pentagon, then crashed a plane into a Pennsylvania field.

John Fuess of …