From the March 30, 2012 Edition
How this Healthcare Reform Debate Affects Us Here at Home
The airwaves are saturated this week with news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known to critics …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
Candidates for the District 4 seat on the Kern County Board of Supervisors will be appearing together Wednesday, April 4 in Lebec. The person who wins this office will have more impact on the Mountain …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
LEBEC, CA (Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 9:40 p.m.)—The Kern County Fire Department has just made a press release about the fire reported this afternoon (below):
Lebec, CA – On Saturday March 31, 2012 at …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
LEBEC, the GRAPEVINE, CA ( April 1, 2012 at 7 p.m.)—Moxie McMahon of Frazier Park called to report that northbound Interstate 5 is backed up to Highway 138 from an accident near Vista del Lago …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
Ancient Greeks, Modern Lives: Performed at Frazier Park Library Thurs., April 5 • 7 p.m.
Last week brought us news of a wounded warrior who allegedly murdered 17 villagers in Afghanistan in one night, many …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
How to Reduce Hazards and Avoid Fines
Signs of the last snowstorms are quickly melting away and wildfire season is about to begin. Homeowners are considering how to meet the June 15 Kern County Fire …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer
His name will not be published here, to preserve the privacy his family needs to mourn. But the circumstances surrounding last Sunday’s stormy discovery of a man’s body about …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
The Mountain Communities Family Resource Center, Inc. (MCFRC) was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Junior League of Bakersfield to bring to our community a fourth Single Parent Success (SPS) program.
The SPS program is …
From the March 30, 2012 Edition
By Heather Conover, Mountain Communities Coalition Against Drug Abuse
“If we got rid of the drug problem up here, 90 percent of the crime would go away,” suggested Sgt. Mark Brown of Kern County Sheriff’s …
From the March 23, 2012 Edition
By Ruth Handy, Jizo Peace Center
Jizo Peace Center, based in the Pine Mountain community, has months of plans to tell you about.
Compassion Scholarship
Outreach to Southern California high schools has begun to award …