This week, a courtroom in distant Orange County issued one of the most consequential rulings for the Indian Wells Valley in decades. On July 29, 2025, the court preliminarily determined ...

A preliminary ruling limiting the federal reserved water rights at U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake does not change the actual water use estimates being used ...

Bakersfield, CA - Congressman Vince Fong, joined by his fellow members of the California Republican Congressional Delegation, issued the following joint statement last week: ...

The Kern County Fire Department responded to a fence on fire at the far north end of Sahara Drive reported at 5:29 p.m.

When an old-timer dies, a library burns down,” said Mark Pahuta, quoting a folk saying about how history is lost when those ...

The Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for the 2026 cohort of Leadership Ridgecrest, a dynamic nine-month program designed to cultivate informed, engaged, and inspired ...

On July 29, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a community member reported a domestic violence incident within the city limits of Ridgecrest. The reporting party identified a Ridgecrest ...

Thank you, Ridgecrest and the surrounding areas. Thank you for all your years of support and business, allowing us the ...

Searles Valley Minerals is pleased with the decision of Orange County Superior Court confirming that the Navy’s federal reserved water right within the Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin is limited ...

The evolution and impact of AI, especially with respect to national security, is poorly understood, but the explosion of ...

GROTON, Conn. - Seaman Apprentice Joshua Bradford Jones, a native of Ridgecrest, California, is training to be part of the ...