From the January 16, 2009 Edition
Peter Jacob Neptune, 23 was killed in a motorcycle collision with a car at about 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the city of Valencia. He was a 2003 graduate of Frazier Mountain High …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Marco and Kim Bucio of Pine Mountain have sent their children to the pine-studded Bethel in the Hills Pentecostal summer camp in Cuddy Valley for a dozen years. Although the Pentecostal Fellowship …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
WASHINGTON—The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded more than $2.8 million to develop the first phase of the Bakersfield National Cemetery in Arvin. Several members of the Frazier Park Chapter of Veterans of Foreign …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
California’s adviser protection law went into effect January 1, 2009. It protects a school district employee from being “dismissed, suspended, disciplined, reassigned, transferred, or otherwise retaliated against” for solely acting to protect a pupil’s speech, …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
By Gary Meyer
Long time Frazier Park resident Carl “Scotty” Shropshire was arrested December 19 at his Laurel Avenue home on charges of possessing and being under the influence of a controlled substance and for …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
The very cinders that are spread on mountain roads to lessen the hazard of slippery ice may themselves be a slippery hazard in dry conditions.
Emilee Neeley was driving her brothers home from school on …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
It’s Official…and It Has a Home:
By Patric Hedlund
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) has confirmed that they have selected a placement for a Frazier Mountain Communities air monitor.
This …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
Report and photos by Katy Penland
It felt a bit like having dessert first and then getting to the main course when the El Tejon Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Dec. …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
Prevailing Winds
Commentary by Patric Hedlund
[First published in the January 2009 issue of The Mountain Pioneer]
Our nation—the entire global community of nations—went spinning off the tracks of an economic Magic Mountain roller …
From the January 09, 2009 Edition
We had a hiatus in our Gigi Day updates during the New Year’s break. We resume today, quoting Bill Day on new developments.
Update Friday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m.—Bill Day reports that on Wedneday, Jan.7 …