Weather Alerts Snow Forecast for Sunday and Monday

Weather Alerts Snow Forecast for Sunday and Monday

 

UPDATE FRAZIER PARK, LEBEC, PINE MOUNTAIN, CA,  (Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 at 5:40 a.m.)—Roads are clear and the Interstate 5 Grapevine is open. In Pine Mountain there has been a one-quarter inch dusting of …

What Is Your Child Breathing?

By Patric Hedlund

When El Tejon School was built in 1939 it was in a beautiful, healthy country setting. Since then, the Interstate 5 has been built less than 150 yards from the classrooms, right …

Editorial: When Boards Behave Badly, We All Pay

By Patric Hedlund, Editor

Democracy is a complicated trick to pull off. Egyptians are discovering that right now. Human beings are cantankerous everywhere.

Here, close to home, we often observe how the push-and-pull of conflicting …

What’s New with Markets on Highway 138?

What's New with Markets on Highway 138?

By Gary Meyer

In the past year, big changes have occurred with markets serving the Western

Antelope Valley along Highway 138. Gil’s Country Store in Western Neenach closed its doors and both the other markets …

Looking for Affordable Gifts?

Pine Mountain-based author Rosalie Maggio called with excitement from the Boys & Girls Club Name Your Price Thrift Store to announce “they have an amazing collection of used books here, all very affordable.”

Maggio …

News and Features

More Road Grump Situation Updates

Bridget Wilson of Pine Mountain volunteered her correspondence with Kern County’s Roads Department about the resurfacing of Frazier Mountain Park Road and Cuddy Valley Road. She said she thought it might help. We agree, and ...

OpEd: Is ‘Occupy’ Fighting the Wrong Battle?

By Bob Anderson

The occupy movement is making news all over the country, even right here on the hill.

While their primary agenda is obscure, their premise is flawed. As I understand it, their main ...

AARP Installs New Officers

AARP Chapter 2915 installed four new 2012 officers during its Thursday, Dec. 1 lunchtime meeting at Frazier Moun- tain Park Community Center. About 50 people attended.

Officers installed were: Shirley Wilson, President; Maxine Jarvis, Vice ...

Enterprise on the Road

Michi Knight sent this note: Here are Glade and Griffin Knight at Linn’s Farmhouse Store in Cambria. We went there for Veterans weekend (we were married in Cambria and our 10th anniversary was 11/11/11). This ...

Statistics Confirm Burglaries Up for This Year

By P. Hedlund and G. Meyer

And Watch Out for Wednesdays…

Happy Holidays…and be forewarned. Statistics show that ‘opportunistic property crimes’ increased in the Mountain Communities this year—as did fraud, including identity theft—but there is ...

Embarrassing Start for New Lebec County Water Board

‘Towelhead’ Comment and Secret Meeting Attempt Raise Questions about Director’s Judgement

By Patric Hedlund

Reports of racial slurs used by a Lebec County Water District (LCWD) director while conducting official business was the lead story ...