From the October 07, 2011 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
California cantaloupe producers are suffering from the effects on their industry caused when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed that Jensen Farms in eastern Colorado is the source of an outbreak …
From the October 07, 2011 Edition
Our readers have been kept apprised of the Kern County Roads Department maintenance project that required possible 20 minute delays on Frazier Mountain Park Road October 3 and 4. The last day of work has …
From the October 07, 2011 Edition
STRATHMORE, CA (Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 at 9:54 p.m.)–The Mountain Enterprise intern sports reporter Tony Levesque reports from the sidelines that Varsity Falcons have lost against the Strathmore High Spartans, 57-6. "The Falcons have two …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
BAKERSFIELD, CA (Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.)— The Kern County Department of Public Health has just released this statement about the first two deaths in Calfiornia from West Nile Viarus occurring in this …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
By Gary Meyer
The Pine Mountain Wine Festival and Art Walk brought new faces to the village on Saturday afternoon, September 24. It was different from the summer event, Wine In The Pines, which packs …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Bakersfield City Councilmember David Couch, 52 whose term expires in 2014, declared his interest Tuesday, Sept. 27 in running for the Kern County Board of Supervisors in District 4.
The majority of …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
About 30 local people have been hired as construction of the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 (AVSR1) project in the Neenach- Fairmont area “continues on schedule,” said Alex Martin for the company …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
For Earl:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul and sings the tune
without the words,
And never stops at all….
—Emily Dickinson
Thank you to Chuck Noble of Lebec and …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
UPDATE, FRAZIER PARK, CA (Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.)–Residents have reported to The Mountain Enterprise that delays along Frazier Mountain Park Road, between Lebec and Frazier Park, are taking 15 to 20 minutes, …
From the September 30, 2011 Edition
Hikers and other recreational users of the Los Padres National Forest are reminded that the hunting season for deer and bear in Zone D13 opens October 8. D13 extends roughly from Highway 33 to Interstate …