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UPDATED : Snow Advisory for Mountain Communities

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, SUN., JAN. 6, posted 12:30 p.m.A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PSTMONDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.VERY COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION AS SNOW LEVELS …

Winterizing Thoughts

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

What do well-liked and highly professional water system managers think about once they’ve retired? Water, of course. Lance Rosmaier managed the Mil Potrero Mutual Water Company in Pine Mountain for years. He retired this summer. …

Driver Killed Near Ft. Tejon

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

Matthew Noel, 20 of Redondo Beach, was killed at 10:49 a.m. on New Year’s Eve in Lebec, just south of the Fort Tejon exit of the northbound Interstate 5. According to the Kern County coroner’s …

Hearings for Building Projects Scheduled

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

As we go to press, two hearings for more building in Lebec have been scheduled.

On January 24 Shelter on the Hill will ask the Kern County Planning Commission for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) …

Bomb Discovery Leaves Mystery in Cuddy Valley

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

For the second time in two years, what appeared to be a small bomb was found in a field at the northwest corner of Dusty and Steinhoff Roads in Cuddy Valley.

Terry …

Brownies See the Giving Side of Holidays

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

By Larri Marasa

Girls Scout Brownie Troop 329 was nervous. It was the third food drive that the Mt. Pinos Girl Scouts had run in just two months. The Brownie Troop wanted to make baskets …

Friction, a Free Press and Making 2008 ‘The Best Year Ever’

From the January 04, 2008 Edition

Commentary by Patric Hedlund, Editor

The year 2007 brought happy surprises as well as tough challenges. One of the most difficult for our newspaper recently was the task of reporting about a simmering year-long morale …