Aunt Arrested in Toddler’s Death

The drowning of 18- month-old Gabriela Montoya on Easter Sunday, April 8, in a hot tub in Frazier Park, has been followed by the arrest of her aunt, Guadalupe Hernandez Vasquez, 25.

Vasquez’ four children …

Earth Day Challenges Met in Many Ways

Local school children and a chapter of an international organization devoted to teaching children about nature are using creativity to seek solutions for shrinking wildlife habitat and to find ways to personally slow the accelerating …

Spring in the mountains

Spring in the mountains

Spring in the mountains is never dull, it is a bouquet of surprises. At top, migrating herons grace the ponds and wetlands of the Gorman hills, then (above), mere days later, on April 15, an …

News and Features

Frazier Park Library Nearly Back on Track

Diane Duquette, director of Kern County Libraries, announced that the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, April 17 to approve her contract with a new architect to build the long-awaited 9,000 square foot Frazier ...

Local Robotics Mentor Speaks Of Virginia Tech Tragedy

Charles Hurst, a lead mentor with the Frazier Mountain High School robotics team, taught mechanical engineering for 29 years at Virginia Technological Institute sometimes in the same Norris Hall classrooms where the nations worst shooting ...

Oh, Deer

By Patrice Stimpson

Spring has sprung and the squirrels, rabbits and deer are busy searching for mates. The bears will be waking up soon, and they will be hungry and roaming around looking for food ...

Regional Blueprint Meeting Is Enlightening

The Kern Council of Governments’ (KCOG’s) regional planners were on a mission Thursday, April 12, "not to give information," as Administrative Officer Darrel Hildebrand told the crowd, "but to receive information and take it back ...

Come Be a Yellraiser

By Mary Murphy

It’s time for the Frazier Mountain High School cheerleader’s Annual Donkey Basketball Yellraiser.

This year’s Yellraiser is on Saturday, April 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the high school. Registration ...

Steve Stitt Jury Trial Scheduled

A jury trial date of May 21, has been set for Steven Allen Stitt, 54 of Frazier Park.

Stitt was arrested on January 14 after a student at El Tejon elementary and middle school was ...

See Disco Knights This Weekend

By Donato Ventura

Disco Knights is a musical that the whole community will enjoy. Here’s the chance to see the Superintendent of the school district and the Principal of El Tejon School take to the ...

Speak Your Mind, Even if Your Voice Shakes

By Rob Rephan, Education Coordinator, Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault

You are invited to join Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault to observe Denim Day on April 25, a local, state and ...