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Team Forming to Clean Up ‘Ozarks’ Roadside Signage

From the June 08, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Tempers flared and angry voices were raised May 24 at a conference over the gaggle of business signs that assaults the eye as motorists swing down Frazier Mountain Park Road toward the …

LCWD Postpones Discussion of Grand Jury Report

From the June 08, 2012 Edition

By Gary Meyer

Lebec County Water District Board President Delbert Clowes announced at the beginning of LCWD’s June 5 meeting that he would not discuss anything on the agenda related to two Grand Jury reports …

One Wine Festival Down, Another Straight Ahead

From the June 08, 2012 Edition

Wine in the Pines Is this Saturday, June 9

By Patric Hedlund

Wineries, food and art will be featured with live music at the Wine in the Pines Festival from 12-3 p.m. in Pine Mountain …

Local Community Claims FFA National Degree Recipients

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Shelby Thomas and Grace Thomas, 2010 graduates of Frazier Mountain High School and members of the Frazier Mountain FFA Chapter, have received the American FFA Degree. Earning the degree means Shelby Thomas and Grace …

PMLC Excited by Career Day

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

There were ponies, a stethoscope, recycling expertise and an investigative reporter on the beat Friday, May 25 for Pine Mountain Learning Center’s Career Day. Professionals in the fields of medicine, waste management, equestrian sports and …

Farewell, Angel

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

If collected, the flood of tears shed while saying goodbye to Angel Cottrell Thursday, May 24 could have easily extinguished the Memorial Day fire themselves. Cottrell, who brought Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) to the mountain …

Brush Fire South of Fort Tejon Nearly Contained

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

UPDATE—LEBEC, CA (Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 6:55 a.m.)—This dispatch has been received fom Kern County Fire Department about the fire on the freeway near Fort Tejon:

On June 1, 2012, at approximately 3:05 P.M., …

I-5 Lane Closure Now Extended to Friday, June 29

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

UPDATE FRAZIER PARK / LEBEC / The Grapevine (Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 11 a.m.) Closure Dates have been extended from Sunday, June 24 to Friday, June 29.

 Sunday, June 24, to Friday, June 29, …

The World’s Smartest Investor Buys up Community Newspapers

From the June 01, 2012 Edition

Commentary by Gary Meyer, Publisher

The man many people believe is the smartest investor on earth has just purchased 63 more newspapers, adding to his firm’s growing portfolio of print media.

Warren Buffett, chairman of …