Califonia Resources Coprortion hailed the Enviornmnental Protection Agency's approval of the Elk Hills carbon capture and storage project as a big step forward in the efforts to slow climate change.

Officer initiated activity at Woodlawn Av, Taft, CA. Disposition: Animal Pickup. Occurred at Kern St/First St. Disposition: Animal Call. Officer initiated activity at Fourth St/Finley Dr. Disposition: ...

Longtime Taft Midway Driller Editor Doug Keeler is taking a break for the short term but plans to stay in his position for the long term with some staff additions, ...

Ashley Beebe has joined the Taft Midway Driller as a general assignment reporter.

Mike Blake, who served as sports editor for the Kern Valley Sun from June 2021 to 2024, has signed on to assume the sports ...

1:56 am deputies performed a patrol check in the 600-block of Gardner Field Rd Taft 2:53 am deputies performed a patrol check ...

A Taft man was sentenced to 16 months in prison in connection with a Nov. 20 hit-and-run crash that injured at least one person.

A Pasadena woman has entered a no contest plea to a felony DUI manslaughter charge in connection with a 2021 rollover accident south of Taft.

Investigators from the Kern County District Attorney's Office and California Department of Social Services EBT Fraud and Theft Detection Unit conducted a sting operatio on Jan 2 targeting individuals ...

Stan Ellis, candidate for California’s Assembly District 32, issued a statement today in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s upcoming visit to the Central Valley to tout "progress" on the controversia ...

Harriet Galpin Hughes of Atascadero, California, died on January 4, 2025. Harriet was born on March 24, 1926 and grew up in ...