Randy Kyt, manager of the Kern River Valley Cemetery in Wofford Heights, has had enough.

Vandals have been tearing up the cemetery at night, and Kyt is sick of it. He doesn’t want to, but if it doesn’t stop he will have to limit public access to the cemetery grounds.  

The alternative is to hire a security guard, which Kyt said the cemetery district cannot afford.

In a statement sent to the media Monday, Kyt said, “ If this problem continues, the district will have no choice

On Sundays several of us meet at the Airport Café for breakfast. Today one of our group, who had just spent a couple of days in the hospital for dizzyness and nausea, brought in his bill and shared the costs with us.

I looked it over and immediately noticed that I could never afford to be even slightly ill and go to a Bakersfield hospital.

Moreover, to go there in an ambulance would be a separate financial thrill in itself.   
Let me share some of the charges that this three-day st

Boyer Coursey and Bud Long really enjoyed catching this stringer of crappie.

Lots of lake trout are trying to make their way to the cooler water coming in at the mouth of the Kern. More and more boats ar

The Nuui Cunni Indian Cultural Center is one of the jewels in the crown of our local area. Located at French Gulch (between Lake Isabella and Wofford Heights), just north of the French Gulch Bridge, the Nuui Cunni (meaning “our house”) Center is a showplace for Native American artwork and cultural objects.

The 3,150 square foot center is built on one of the most beautiful pieces of land in the valley, overlooking Isabella Lake with a spectacular view of Cook Peak across the lake. It

Learn about live reptiles in the Kern River Valley with Henry "Buz" Lunsford, a noted zoologist, on Saturday, June 21, at the Tillie Creek Campground Amphitheater located in Wofford Heights.  The show begins at 6 p.m.  

Lunsford will present a live reptile lecture and discuss reptile rescue relocation.  He will have live reptiles on hand.  

He has studied reptiles all his life and holds a Bachelor of Science degree and PhD in Zoology.  In addition, he has authore

Are you a “bug hunter” or a “bug aficionado?”  If so, you are invited to join the Catch the Reading Bug at your library’s Summer Reading Program from through July 26 at all branches of the Kern County Library. The 2008 Summer Reading Program is open to all young people, preschool through teens, with a myriad of activities and programs throughout the Kern County Library.

In addition, children who read 10 books and return their official reading record, available

One morning early, the phone rang.

It was Beverly calling from North Carolina. She’s Emily Diggles’ daughter and she wants to throw Emily an 80th birthday party at Silver City Ghost Town in Bodfish on the 26th of July. Will I help?

I’ll round up some wannabe actors and we’ll all take part in some scripted Cowboys & Indians something or other! And they’ll feed us, too.

Anyway, I agreed to everything because I’m an old Emily Diggles fan. She tirelessly fixes

This week I want to talk about another aspect of the real dstate market that is getting a lot of attention these days – Short Sales.

There are a lot of Short Sales going on right now, especially in  the big cities. A Short Sale is when an owner of a property is going into foreclosure and they ask the bank if they can list the property with a real estate agent for less than what they owe on the property instead of the bank foreclosing on them. This is why it’s called a "shor

Craig Condon
Special to the Courier

On Oct. 29, 1999, the “CBS Morning Show” went to Hell. A headline in the Detroit News on Nov. 3, 1999 read, “Businessman Sees Hell as Tourist Site.” A headline in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 29, 2000 read, “Saints and Sinners Can All Go to Hell.” On Jan. 27, 2001, a headline in the Detroit News read, “Almost Cold Enough to Freeze Hell Over.”

What each of these stories was referring to is a small town between Detr

To the Kern River Courier:
In Washington D.C., Congress is holding hearings to ask the public how they feel about paying fees to access public lands. These hearings will specifically include the Sequoia National Forest's proposal to impose a $10/day or $50/year fee for anyone going to the Lake, Upper Kern River, or Lloyd Meadow Road. (This is not just a camping fee, but an access fee for everyone, even those who just want to stop for a few minutes to look at the lake or river.)

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