City revenue continued its slowing trend in March and April, according to the latest update Finance Director Kelly Brewton shared at Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting.

A Ridgecrest man was arrested on a kidnapping charge over the weekend, according to a release from the Ridgecrest Police Department.

State Sen. Shannon Grove took Kern County Supervisor Phillip Peters — and the Ridgecrest City Council — to task during a ...

Shannon Grove gives her comments during a Senate committee meeting on AB1413 on July 8, 2025.

Local education officials believe President Donald Trump’s cuts to federal education for California will have a limited impact on the local budgets.

The United States’ estimated cancer statistics for 2025 can be staggering, Brandon Temple and Sandra Brown, members of the ...

If you live on acreage and rely on a private well in the Indian Wells Valley, your water rights may be under threat, and most don’t realize it.

Retirement or a career transition can often be difficult at the best of times, and even more so with worldwide turmoil and ...

Senator Shannon Grove is pleased to announce a community backpack drive to benefit local K-12 students. The drive will take place throughout the month of July with ...

The Burroughs girls’ tennis team met in the early morning to avoid the heat while beginning the new season with its first ...

One person was killed and multiple others were injured, one critically, in a fiery crash on Highway 395 south of Red Mountain ...