Breaking News: Forest Service closes Edison Road in Frazier Park
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 2 p.m.)—The U.S. Forest Service Mt. Pinos District Ranger has notified The Mountain Enterprise that Edison Road (north of Frazier Park Elementary School) has been closed to …
Breaking News: Fire burning on Tejon Ranch near pump plant
LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:15 p.m.)—Kern County Fire Department’s press release on the Pump fire follows: Just after 12 noon, the Kern County Fire Department received a call for a grass fire …
Breaking News: Storm update for Mountain Communities
FRAZIER PARK, LEBEC, GORMAN, LAKE OF THE WOODS and PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA (Monday, July 20 at 7:45 a.m.)—No closures were reported during the night from Mil Potrero Highway in Pine Mountain Club or Lockwood …
Breaking News: Delays possible on Frazier Mountain Park Road in Frazier and Lake of the Woods while mud and rocks cleared
UPDATE 17 • LAKE OF THE WOODS, LEBEC, FRAZIER PARK, PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA (Sunday, July 19 at 11:30 a.m.) – A vigorous rain has begun in Pine Mountain. It is tapering off in Frazier …
Breaking News: After marijuana raid, sheriff’s call asks public to be alert for suspicious men in Frazier Park
UPDATE-3• FRAZIER PARK, CA (Friday, July 16, 2015 at 9 a.m.)— By Patric Hedlund, A team of narcotics officers conducted an operation in the foothills of Frazier Mountain Thursday, July 16. A remote home southwest …
Breaking News: WEATHER REPORT FOR THIS WEEK
Sunday Afternoon, July 19 Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New …
Breaking News: Solar Panel Installers Needed – Training Provided
There is a “no experience necessary” job recruitment opportunity on Wednesday, July 22, 8 a.m. to noon in Taft for solar panel installers. No experience is necessary and training is provided. The electrical workers union …
Breaking News: Don’t Miss the Deadline for Local Phonebook Ads!
The FINAL deadline for advertising in the new Mountain Community Phone Book is April 17.
Bears need (less of) your help
A young bear with a tag in each ear was often seen cruising around Lebec this spring. Neighbors in the area reported that it was impossible to scare the bear off. It had become so …
Week’s Highs To Be in the 80s—National Weather Service
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 7:30 a.m.)—This is a good week to get busy and finish up a lot of those projects that we just can’t seem to get done when it …
Armed man arrested above park
By The Mountain Enterprise staff
Jill Neptune, 24 and her boyfriend Scott Turner, 25 were doing weekend household chores on Sunday, July 12 at about noon when they heard an urgent knock at the back …
Western Antelope Valley wins ban on wind turbines
Testing for Valley Fever spores may also be required of solar utility developers
By Patric Hedlund
The vision of a forest of 500-foot-tall industrial wind turbines dotting the landscape, “rumbling like a freight train …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing plus Regular Weekly and Monthly Events
For listing in the newspaper and online, send community events by Thursday at 2 p.m. to Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com or call 661.245.3794 ___________________________
Friday, July 17
• The 21st Century Mystery School presents beginning Tai Chi …
Scholarships for 7th-8th graders to three-day Summer Leadership Conference announced
By Lisa Walter, FRC
An exciting opportunity was announced this week for 7th and 8th grade students to obtain a scholarship to attend a three-day conference August 6, 7, 8 at a summer camp here …
Lowest cost Fictitious Business Name (DBA) publishing in Kern County announced by The Mountain Enterprise
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Monday, April 8, 2024 at 6:30 a.m.)—The Mountain Enterprise newspaper announced on Monday, April 8, that its Fictitious Business Name publishing fee is the lowest in Kern County. “We’re keeping the cost …
News and Features
Bears need (less of) your help
A young bear with a tag in each ear was often seen cruising around Lebec this spring. Neighbors in the area reported that it was impossible to scare the bear off. It had become so ...
Armed man arrested above park
By The Mountain Enterprise staff
Jill Neptune, 24 and her boyfriend Scott Turner, 25 were doing weekend household chores on Sunday, July 12 at about noon when they heard an urgent knock at the back ...
Post office lease update
By Patric Hedlund
Many people rushed forward to help keep the Pine Mountain Village Post Office open.
Terry Carter, owner of the building which hosts the contract post office facility, said on Monday, July ...
Western Antelope Valley wins ban on wind turbines
Testing for Valley Fever spores may also be required of solar utility developers
By Patric Hedlund
The vision of a forest of 500-foot-tall industrial wind turbines dotting the landscape, “rumbling like a freight train ...
Politics and appreciation at PMC
By Patric Hedlund
Pine Mountain Club’s “Community Appreciation Day” took place July 11. Supervisor David Couch moderated a panel of county department leaders and staff members for political representatives.
The panel included Kern Medical Center ...
Headlines
Arts & Entertainment
- Thursday’s Treat: The Omnipresent Puppets
- Artworks’ new show is opening
- Hip Hop dance workshop — Friday, July 17 at 4 p.m.
Business News
Columns
Community
- Assessor gives $89.2B value to Kern County
- Fire Safe Council to meet in September
- Call ‘911’ if you think someone poses a threat of wildfire
- PMC guardrail work begins
- New Frazier Park water director appointed
- Antelope Valley Dodges Another Bullet
Community Input
- Cordial election at water co.
- Enough water? Really?
- ‘Taps’ at dusk
- Fire terror
- Sneakers and socks applause
- Big Pharma
- Sloppy
- Segregation?