?Bright n? Shiny? Copper Thieves Nabbed in Lebec

By Patric Hedlund

The product is known as ?bright and shiny.? The words refer to recycled copper, and?as counter-intuitive as it may sound?bright and shiny copper wire sold by the pound has become one of ...

Synergy Summit II Seeks Funding Info Thursday

An economic development panel is scheduled to join the Synergy Summit II Thursday, Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m. at Cuddy Hall in Lake of the Woods. The public is invited to attend, to take the next ...

Mardi Gras on the Mountain

Pine Mountain Hosts Feast and Fun

By Carolyn Ziegler-Davenport

French is a sweetly flowing language. What other could transform ?Fat Tuesday? into the lilting ?Mardi Gras?? And how was the beginning of Lent?a time of ...

Theatre As Time Machine

In the year 1905 Frazier Park did not yet exist. But in a town our size in New Hampshire, the average life expectancy in the United States was 47 years old.

That doesn’t mean there ...

Man Arrested For Sexual Assault

On February 13 Kern County Sheriff’s Senior Deputy Vincent Martinez of the Frazier Park substation received allegations from a 17 year-old juvenile that he had been the victim of a sexual assault in late 2006.

$2 Million Channel Repair Nearly Complete in Gorman

Recently a reader wrote to ask: "What is that big construction project going on day and night down past Gorman next to the Interstate 5? Granite Construction Company seems to be doing something with the ...

Health Care District Has a Vision

By Malinda Chadwick

The Southwest Health Care District (SWHCD) has a mission to help provide health services to our community through the use of your tax dollars.

On Saturday, Mar. 10, from 9:00 a.m. to ...

Video Contest Hopes to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

The Kern County Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, is holding a contest for local teenagers to create a 30 second video about reducing and preventing teenage pregnancy.

Want Free Money For College?

Up to $9,700 in state aid per student is available to high school seniors to pay for college. Cal Grants, statefunded grants for California residents that don?t need to be repaid, are guaranteed to all ...

Cash From the IRS and Free Tax Form Help Offered

By Christine Lollar

The Community Action Partnership of Kern wishes to inform taxpayers about credit for working families and the availability of free tax help.

The Earned Income Tax Credit helps Americans who work hard ...

El Camino Pines Church Forms Its Own Water District

Reported by Kim Hall

El Camino Pines Lutheran Church has created its own water district, according to Frank Haider, a parishioner. The church is under construction in Lake of the Woods.

In an interview on ...