The unemployment rate in Kern County recorded its first increase since April, rising by nearly 10% between May and June, ...

Kern County Human Services Bakersfield July is Purple Ribbon Month, and Studio 17 is helping spread the word about preventing child hot car deaths. Alison from the Kern County ...

Kern County Public Health proposes $3.58 million in service cuts affecting over 6,000 patients, with reductions to STD testing, immunizations, and TB assessments.

The husband of Kern County District 5 Supervisor Leticia Perez was arrested over the weekend after allegedly making criminal ...

Kern County's first human case of the year of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus has been confirmed, Kern County Public ...

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The Central Valley is home to hotly-contested seats in both the House of Representatives and California Legislature. Some ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors met July 15 for its scheduled Board Meeting. Supervisor Phillip Peters (District 1), ...

CoreCivic has reached an agreement with ICE to convert its California City facility into federal immigrant detention.

Jennifer Horton was still relishing her history-making victory last November as Buncombe’s first Black woman county ...

Freitas, CPA, on July 9. The amount is the total net taxable value of all locally assessed real, business, and personal ...

The inaugural director, Sarah Mahin, will help lead the county’s overhaul of the homeless services system.