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Breaking News: Grand Jury Says Lebec County Water District Rate Hike Was Legal

LEBEC, CA (Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at 8:50)—The Kern County Grand Jury has issued an Ad Hoc Committee report reviewing the procedure used by Lebec County Water District to raise water rates in the last quarter of 2011. The report details the step by step process utilized by the 2011 board to adhere to Proposition 218. The report says the resulting protest...

Breaking News: USFS Objection Period Opens on Frazier Mountain Project

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 at 1 p.m.)—The U. S. Forest Service has issued a notice that a 30-day  "objection period" has just begun for a forest thinning and fuels treatment operation on about 2,386 acres of the 2,850-acre Frazier Mountain project area. Here is the notice:

GOLETA, CA… Los Padres National Forest officials have announced the completion...

Illegal Cougar Killings on Tejon Ranch Confirmed

Illegal Cougar Killings on Tejon Ranch Confirmed

Hunting Program Suspended for ‘Review’

By Patric Hedlund

Horace Smith is a retired California Highway Patrol officer and a former investigator with the U.S....

Science is Awesome

Science is Awesome

Reported by Lee Bizzini, Lisa Arreola, Pam Jarecki and Joseph Chavez, (TeenBeat Team)

What a sight! Display boards from three schools with research projects and reports covered the tables at the El Tejon...

Community Input: Corporate Conspiracy and Killing Cougars

Robb Hanisee of Frazier Park sent two open letters this week. One was to the Kern County District Attorney pleading with the D.A. to prosecute Tejon Ranch Company for the illegal taking of mountain lions. The other was to J. Ikemoto of the Department of Fish and Game.

January 22, 2012

Dear Editor:

I am writing the Department of Fish and Game about my concern...

Tejon Ranch Corp. Gives $20,000 Gift to Frazier Mountain High

Tejon Ranch Corp. Gives $20,000 Gift to Frazier Mountain High

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Wish Upon a Rainbow-- Winter makes a brief visit

Wish Upon a Rainbow-- Winter makes a brief visit

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First Solar Seeks 'New Beginning' for 2012

First Solar Seeks 'New Beginning' for 2012

W. Antelope Valley Town Councils Asked to ‘Play Nice’

By Patric Hedlund

Norm Hickling cleared his throat, then called for a calm meeting in...

Tchaikovsky in Frazier Park

Tchaikovsky in Frazier Park

Tamara Gyulnazarova, solo violinist for the the San Fernando Valley Symphony performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major at Frazier Park Branch...

Neighbors Win Appeal Against Power Companies' Tower Plans

NextEra Pulls Back from Portal Ridge Permit Request

By Patric Hedlund

Susan Zahnter and her neighbors were mobilized last year by visions of a forest of 500-foot wind turbines marching across the pristine view of Portal Ridge (near Elizabeth Lake) and surrounding the California Poppy Reserve in the Western Antelope Valley.

Residents of Three Points, Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake, Quartz Hill, Antelope Acres and the...

<b><font color = red>Win Free Tickets to See the Harlem Globetrotters</b> </font>

Win Free Tickets to See the Harlem Globetrotters

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing Events

January and Ongoing

  • Contest to Win Harlem Globetrotters Tickets for February 16 at 7 p.m. at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. Deadline is February 2. More info see page 18 and www.Mountain Enterprise.com
  • Intent to Enroll for Pine Mountain Learning Center Fall 2012-2013 deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 29. Call the office at 661-364-3811 for more details.
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News and Features

ICE Seizes 5 in Lebec

The Mountain Enterprise has secured official confirmation that on January 9 and 18 a total of five Lebec residents were taken into custody by Immigration...

Sheriff Visits White House on 'Extremist Violence' Plan

By The Mountain Enterprise staff

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood visited Washington D.C. January 18 with 35 senior state, local and tribal law enforcement officials to...

PMC Debates Recording and Perils of Community Gardening

By Patric Hedlund

A healthy crowd of over 50 people attended the Saturday, Jan. 21 meeting of the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association (PMCPOA) Board...



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