Kern County has signed off an oil company’s plan to permanently store greenhouse gas emissions underground in a depleted oil field, marking California's first foray into carbon storage and a ...

With President Trump declaring a 'National Energy Emergency' in his inaugural address, what does that mean for those invested ...

State Sen. Shannon Grove (R–Bakersfield) has asked President Donald Trump to visit Kern County to get a first hand look at the heart of California’s oil industry.

The operation, dubbed “Return to Sender,” was carried out by the Democrat Biden administration in its waning days.

A business-improvement initiative months in the planning will debut Wednesday at Taft College as leaders from across the area gather for the inaugural meeting of the West Kern Economic Alliance. The ...

The Elk Hills field is covered with thousands of previously drilled oil and gas wells that increase ... The lawsuit challenges Kern County’s approval of the Carbon TerraVault I project under the ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man suspected of copper wire theft in Taft on Thursday. Detectives from KCSO’s Rural Crime Investigation Unit and deputies with the Taft Substation who ...

Growers and agricultural leaders in California and across the nation have warned that Trump’s promised mass deportations will ...

Questions swirled Tuesday around an executive order President Donald Trump signed Monday that, depending how it is ultimately ...