From the May 10, 2019 Edition
It was August 2015 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) held their first scoping meeting for the proposed Tejon Indian Tribe Trust Acquisition and Casino Project along the Interstate-5, near Mettler.
Now, nearly three …
From the April 26, 2019 Edition
The first in a “Tool Kit” series of postcards about the effects of marijuana on the teen brain and other key information for parents was mailed to all El Tejon Unified School District families on …
From the April 26, 2019 Edition
By Elke Heitmeyer, Frazier Park
A group of us felt incredibly fortunate this month as we participated in a wildflower viewing tour at the Tejon Ranch Conservancy.
We experienced brilliantly colored flower-carpets as far as …
From the April 26, 2019 Edition
By Gabriella Elias-Bachrach, Family Resource Center
“I didn’t realize how much it took to install a child’s car seat correctly!” Colleen Berg said last week, telling about a new feature of her job as a …
From the April 26, 2019 Edition
By Ruth Handy, Jizo Peace Center, Pine Mountain community
Two $300 scholarships are being offered to graduating Mountain Community high school seniors. Each year, the Jizo Peace Center (in Pine Mountain Club) selects two winners, …
From the April 19, 2019 Edition
By Jill Turner, TME
Last week, we published a story regarding the recent inability to make T-Mobile cell phone calls in Lake of the Woods (LOW), Piñon Pines and Cuddy Valley due to signal problems …
From the April 12, 2019 Edition
A senior daycare service through Kern County was available at Frazier Mountain Park’s Community Center until about 11 years ago. All those resources are now focused in Bakersfield. Tammy Rowan of the Family Resource Center …
From the April 12, 2019 Edition
Wicked winds from the north moved some big stuff
By Marcy Axness, TME
Jim Stoughton of Los Padres Estates called to tell us that on the night of Tuesday, April 9, the wind tossed his …
From the April 12, 2019 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
When you live in rattlesnake territory as we do here in the Mountain Communities, you take precautions. You wear tall boots for hiking. You’re careful in tall grass. You don’t reach …
From the April 12, 2019 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
When James Bufford (38) of Frazier Park went to trial in May of 2018, he was facing a possible prison sentence of 60 years on three felony counts of lewd and …