EASTERN KERN, INYO, and MONO COUNTIES - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces the following project work and traffic impacts for the week of July 7– July 11.

An injured hiker was rescued from a Rademacher Hills trail on the ridge east of Cerro Coso College near the Gateway Trailhead ...

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed mining project to extract minerals for the Mesa Gold operation in Kern County, Calif. The ...

The Burroughs girls’ basketball program competed in three summer league tournaments. The Burros competed in the Burroughs ...

Well, dear readers, here we are, smack dab in “summer-for-real,” with temperatures hitting triple digits on an almost a daily ...

AltaOne Federal Credit Union representatives presented the Burroughs girls' basketball players with a $1,000 donation for the ...

Leadership at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital is hopeful that the Rural Health Transformation Fund, which was included in the ...

No one was injured in a fender-bender crash between a Toyota Tacoma and a Waste Management truck just after noon Thursday on ...

Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) voted to pass the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” This legislation delivers for the Central Valley ...

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