Election Results: Watson Keeps His Seat

Election Results: Watson Keeps His Seat

By Patric Hedlund

Ray Watson, the only member of the Kern County Board of Supervisors who faced a challenger this election year, kept his seat Tuesday as supervisor of the fourth district after a vigorous …

Tears and Cheers As School Ends

Tears and Cheers As School Ends

End of school year activities culminate in graduation ceremonies this week as 123 Class of 2008 seniors from Frazier Mountain High School and El Tejon School eighth graders all receive diplomas.

The high school graduation …

D-Day Diary: The Landing at Normandy

D-Day Diary: The Landing at Normandy

Notes on June 6, 1944

By Major Donald E. Rivette, U.S. Army

As dawn broke, the English Channel was very choppy with an overcast sky. It was the early morning of June 6, 1944 and …

News and Features

Rash of Bomb Threats Plagues Flying J

By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund

LEBEC, Calif., Sunday June 1-The sixth bomb threat in two weeks was made against Flying J on Sunday, June 1. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Gomez and ...

Aronson Death ‘Suspicious’

By Gary Meyer

When firefighters arrived for a "cardiac arrest" call to a Decator Trail home on the evening of May 23, they found Kenny Wayne Aronson, 53 of Frazier Park and "something suspicious," ...

Museum Announces a Summer Full of Discovery

Huge Yard Sale Saturday, June 7

By Eloise Richer

August 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the Ridge Route Communities Museum.

This summer the museum celebrates with a series of special programs and events planned ...