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File for Your Earned Income Tax Credit

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

A new report shows that $1.2 billion annually has gone uncollected by Californians who have not filed for the “earned income tax credit” (EITC) on their federal tax returns, according to a New America Foundation …

Fun News: St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Contest Continues

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010, 9:30 a.m.)—Kids in the Mountain Communities have been invited to enter the St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Contest, sponsored by the Pine Mountain Village Merchants Association, The Mountain Enterprise, …

Fire Breaks Out in Lockwood Valley Near Adams Trail

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

UPDATE:LOCKWOOD VALLEY (Tuesday, March 23, 6:20 p.m.)—The Lockwood Valley fire near Adams Trail is completely knocked down and under control. No injuries are reported. The address is 16450 Curtis Trail, across the street from the …

Monaco on the Mountain

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

By Gary Meyer

If you missed Casino Night on Saturday, March 13, make sure to put it on your calendar for next year. Add a memo: Arrive hungry!

Carne asada tacos and delectable specialties from …

Local Students Win at Science Fair

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

FRAZIER PARK (Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 5:45 a.m.)—Joshua Arreola of Frazier Mountain High School won first place in the Earth and Environmental Science Division at the 23rd Annual Kern County Regional Science Fair on Tuesday, …

V-Day Battles Violence against Women and Kids

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

On March 25-27 Mountain Community women are going to war. They ask you to join them. Their weapons are humor, honesty and resilience. Their enemy is a rising tide of violence against the hearts, spirits …

Budget Ax Cuts 10.5 Teachers’ Jobs at ETUSD

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

Manager Gets $400,000 Contract on Top of $1.18 Million to Architect

California’s state budget turmoil can no longer be kept out of local classrooms.

Students and parents told trustees at the El Tejon Unified School …

Din of Saber-Rattling Increases in Lebec

From the March 19, 2010 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Fur was flying Monday, March 15 at the modest cinder block building that houses the Lebec County Water District office. A panel was established to ask the Attorney General or Kern County …