Two contender teams running for Whiskey Flat Mayor showed up at the Kern Valley Exchange Club Lunch, at Paradise Cove Lodge, Thursday February 5. Varnish Vixen Laura and Coal Fire Kim was one of …

People visiting the Kern Valley, during President's Day Weekend, may be interested in visiting the designated Historical Site of the Historical Cemetery, located in Wofford Heights, nearby what was …

The Future Farmers of America (FFA) students held their annual Tri-Tip BBQ Fundraiser, to raise funds, at the Ag Farm, Friday February 6. The funds the youth raise are designated for the teens to …

Locals may recall how years ago, before Downtown Storage was a storage place, there used to be “R.J.R.’s Dam Good Cars,” located in the same lot. Well, now the owners of Stonehill Motors, …

KERN COUNTY, Calif. | The Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) is proud to publicly recognize and thank Ford Motor Company and Darley for the donation of a specially equipped Ford Bronco that is …

They're building a piece of history. The Whiskey Flat Encampment returns for this year's festival, recreating what Kernville looked like in the 1870s—before brick buildings, before paved streets, …

Kern County Fire officials stood beside a lineup of new drones in Keene on Feb. 4 and explained how the aircraft are already changing emergency response — with big implications for the Kern River …

A Lake Isabella man is awaiting sentencing after entering a plea in a felony case involving firearms, explosives and narcotics discovered during a search of his home. Michael Loren Deatherage, 53, …

Deputies in the Kern River Valley now respond to squatting and unlawful occupancy complaints every day, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, which says the issue has grown alongside the …

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public to an increase in phone and text message scams targeting local residents. Scammers are impersonating Sheriff’s Office personnel and …

The Kern Fire Safe Council is proud to announce we have been awarded a CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant in the amount of $816,677.12. These funds will support critical wildfire mitigationefforts on …

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says an officer-involved shooting that left a 39-year-old Lake Isabella man dead in January followed department policy after an internal review completed last week. …

The cemetery district met on an unusual day, Sunday, January 25, for a special meeting. The meeting of the Kern River Valley Cemetery District was to approve the funding to have the district’s well …

Supporting NASA Advancements in CA-20 and Reauthorization in Congress Last month, I welcomed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center which is right here …

A series of mid-February storms could bring several inches of rain and significant mountain snowfall to the southern Sierra Nevada over the next three weeks, according to federal forecast outlooks. …

The Kern River Valley Historical Society held its "History Talk," at the Annex, across from Kern Valley Museum, Saturday, January 31. This History Talk was a reenactment sketching the life of …

Congressman Vince Fong came all the way from DC to the Kern Valley to speak to the public in several places, including the Kern Valley Exchange Club, at Paradise Cove Lodge, Thursday, January 29. …

KERNVILLE — Fundraising season for the 2026 Whiskey Flat Days Mayor race is moving into a busy stretch, with multiple teams announcing cookouts, auctions, saloon events and Super Bowl weekend …

Kern County Board of Supervisors Chairman Philip Peters told local leaders Wednesday that Kern’s role in California is simple: it feeds the state and keeps it powered. Peters, the District 1 …

During its one-year anniversary, Ribbon Cutting event, Kern River Valley Bridge Connection (KRVBC) held a cozy gathering, at the front yard of its Lake Isabella facility, with representatives from …