From the January 20, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The resignation of the embattled director of Kern County’s library system was accepted by the Kern County Board of Supervisors in executive session on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Pine Mountain community resident Diane …
From the January 20, 2012 Edition
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 at 1 p.m.)—The U. S. Forest Service has issued a notice that a 30-day "objection period" has just begun for a forest thinning and fuels treatment operation on …
From the January 20, 2012 Edition
A Bakersfield man now serving jail time for possession of stolen property may be implicated in burglaries of the Pine Mountain Village Post Office. The facility was burgled on Halloween night and again a few …
From the January 20, 2012 Edition
“People who are potential victims of this crime have received letters that indicate their mail was potentially at risk. It tells people to be alert about missing mail or potential identity theft.
If there is …
From the January 20, 2012 Edition
Two weeks ago we featured Mike Jensen of Piñon Pines in our story about windshields being cracked on Cuddy Valley Road. The retired Los Angeles Police Department investigator said he got his windshield fixed this …
From the January 20, 2012 Edition
By Gary Meyer
According to Kern County Superior Court records, Phillip Turner was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 12 on a felony charge of possession of firearm by a felon and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
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From the January 13, 2012 Edition
By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund
The staff of California’s High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) released a study on January 9 that recommends the agency drop further consideration of an Interstate 5 Grapevine alignment for …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
BISHOP, CA (Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at 8:11 p.m.)—Tony Levesque has called from Bishop to say the Falcon Girls Basketball team were down 51-52 with 1/2 second left in the game. Angel McNeeley fainted so …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
UPDATE By Patric Hedlund ANTELOPE VALLEY, FAIRMONT, NEENACH, CA (Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at 8:30 p.m.)—The weather was beginning to take on a desert chill tonight in the Western Antelope Valley when executives for First …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
Violinist Tamara Gyulnazarova will be appearing Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major at the new Frazier Park Library. The event is open to the public. …