From the July 24, 2015 Edition
Medicare—the largest medical insurance program in the country—will be celebrating 50 years of service this year. Here are Medicare and Medicaid facts.
By Jack Cheevers, Centers for Medicare Services
An amendment to the Social Security …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
A desert wildfire started in an open field in the Western Antelope Valley on Tuesday, July 14. It spread rapidly across dry grass from 230th Street West and Patterson. Jim Pirtle and a group of …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
Gerald McKay, the former president of the Frazier Park Public Utilities District, submitted a letter of resignation to his colleagues last month. He and his wife moved to Idaho last week.
On July 9 the …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
By The Mountain Enterprise staff
Motorists have wondered why a chain link fence was being constructed around a major pull out on Mil Potrero Highway at the base of the ‘S’ curves. The mystery …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall and Kern County Sheriff’s Sergeant Dustin Downey agreed about the best thing to do if you are in a situation such as that described by Jill Neptune in her …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
J.D. and Suzi Caboor wish to alert the public that due to the unexpected lack of quorum of the board, the July 17 meeting of the Mt. Pinos Communities Fire Safe Council is cancelled. The …
From the July 17, 2015 Edition
The taxable value of Kern County property for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 to June 31, 2016 is $89.2 billion—an $8.5 billion decrease (or 9% decline)from last year, County Assessor-Recorder Jon Lifquist said Monday.
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From the July 10, 2015 Edition
By Gary Meyer
Kern Citizens for Energy applauded Kern County Planning Department’s release of Oil and Gas Permitting Revisions and the Draft Environmental Impact Report that will be subject to public comment. See the story …
From the July 10, 2015 Edition
“Over the next 24-48 hours we would not be surprised to see average retail prices in Southern California climb by 10-cents or more per gallon and in Northern California, by 5¢/gal or more,” analysts for …
From the July 10, 2015 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The magic number is four. The call-out for people who have experienced stroke to get together to create a stroke support group has had a good response. Four people have come forward.
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