When business owner Steve Spradlin invited the public to the upcoming 2025 Lake Isabella Fireworks Show, July 5 at 9 p.m., he ...

The High Desert Heat Academy — a travel basketball boys’ and girls’ program in Ridgecrest — awarded players Jhavmine Ave and ...

We’re at an impasse right now, because we have two sides and we don't communicate. And when they do communicate ... it's not ...

The Rotary Club of China Lake bid farewell to David Saint-Amand as it celebrated the installation of Ricca Charlon as the new ...

Independent will be delivered to home delivery subscribers and dealers as scheduled on Friday, July 4. But because the U.S. Postal Service will be closed for the Independence ...

The Ridgecrest Police Department posted on social media that federal agents from the FBI and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arrested a man in Ridgecrest on Tuesday.

The Kern County Fire Department responded to a call of a fence on fire at 3:26 p.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of West Willow ...

Animal welfare is a large problem in California, and especially in the deserts of Kern County, where high temperatures and a ...

Saturday's Ridgecrest Pride Festival, organized by Unity in the Desert, began at Freedom Park with a parade on Saturday ...

For far too long, California has been ground zero for frivolous lawsuit abuse by plaintiff attorneys. These are attorneys ...

Assemblyman Stan Ellis told the meeting of the Indian Wells Valley Economic Development Corporation last week that although ...

Welcome, friends and neighbors. I hope you all enjoyed our recent, brief respite from the scorching heat, and took that ...