Jarudd Prosser Named New Football Coach: Homecoming

By Rob Roy, FMHS Athletic Director

Homecoming is an annual tradition in America that evokes memories of leaves changing color in late autumn and is usually punctuated by a football game played on the home …

El Tejon School Wins State Award

El Tejon School in Lebec went neck and neck with Sacred Heart School of Fresno in a statewide challenge sponsored by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this year. Both schools had 100% of their students complete the …

For the Record

In last week’s June 29 edition, in a page 2 cutline beneath a photograph of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church’s annual community barbecue, we wrote that John Cavey had donated the tri-tip and …

The Road to Beijing 2007

The Road to Beijing 2007

The Road to Beijing 2007 is well on its way to becoming a reality.

On Saturday, July 7, the Mountain Institute for Kung Fu and Tai Chi will hold a car wash at The Mountain …

Historic Drought Raises Fire Danger in State

Historic Drought Raises Fire Danger in State

Nothing tells the tale quite as well as the straight data. Scott E. Stephens, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in the National Climatic Data Center, provided us this …

News and Features

Budget Doubled For Tourism Grant Program

The Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted June 26 to allocate $250,000 to the county’s Tourism Promotion Grant Program, a big boost to a budget that had been pulled back to $100,000 in recent ...

Youth Access To Alcohol Coalition Meets

By Kim Volkmar

The Youth Access to Alcohol Coalition met on June 27 to formalize their plan of action. Community members, law enforcement, youth prevention officials and Mountain Community social workers were present.

Michael Browning, ...

Mountain Shakespeare Festival Grows Step by Step

Shakespeare, in his famous "All the world’s a stage" speech from As You Like It, suggested that there are seven stages in a person’s life, beginning, of course, with infancy.

The Mountain Shakespeare Festival is ...

Nothing tells the tale

Nothing tells the tale quite as well as the straight data. Scott E. Stephens, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in the National Climatic Data Center, provided us this ...