From the June 17, 2016 Edition
An explosion at the Edmonston Pumping Plant at about 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 10 forced the evacuation of plant employees prior to arrival of Kern County Fire Department crews.
Two USAR (Urban Search …
From the June 17, 2016 Edition
The VFW 9791 no longer has a “Ladies Auxiliary.”
Dolores ‘Dee’ Bumgardner called to say that men are now welcome to participate, as well as all children and families of veterans of foreign wars. …
From the June 10, 2016 Edition
Distributed by Ray Pruitt, KCSO Information Officer
Many parents have to make a decision about whether to leave their child home alone for part of the day during the summer.
What should we take into …
From the June 10, 2016 Edition
The Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Communities is still taking registrations for Summer Day Camp. Call Director Stephanie Bishop for details on sliding scale rates (661.245.3139). Each week is a new adventure. Full-time …
From the April 15, 2016 Edition
Property owners in Pine Mountain Club will be paying $14 more on their 2016-2017 assessment bill. It will be $1,406 per parcel. The manner in which the vote was handled is raising questions.
In a …
From the April 15, 2016 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
When I was a graduate student working part time and raising a child, I remember being able to pay two months of rent with an earned income tax refund. It was …
From the April 8, 2016 Edition
Mountain Community small business owners were watching this week as Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown signed his second bill to raise the minimum wage. In September 2013 Brown signed AB 10 to raise California’s minimum …
From the April 8, 2016 Edition
Lebec County Water District Board President Michael Hightower died on Sunday, April 3, according to LCWD Vice President Willard Martin.
Hightower, who was a vocal critic of the decision to hire an outside company to …
From the April 8, 2016 Edition
Pine Mountain Village was a ghost town on Thursday. Most businesses were closed due to a planned power outage for maintenance on the electrical grid by Southern California Edison. The contract post office was closed …
From the April 8, 2016 Edition
An error on the PMCPOA website may have left aspiring candidates for the board of directors confused. The deadline to file the candidates’ packet is Monday, April 11 at 5 p.m. “Letters of intent, the …