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Diane Duquette Resigns as Director of Kern County Libraries

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 …

USFS Objection Period Opens on Frazier Mountain Project

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 …

Investigation of Post Office Burglary Moving Slowly

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 …

Update from Mike Jensen

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 …

Trial Date Set for Tasered Man

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.

High Speed Rail Grapevine Alignment Loses Support

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 …

Falcons Win Bishop Game in Dramatic Half Second Finale

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 …

Meeting Held To Explain First Solar’s Future Goals

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 …