It won’t be ready until next summer, but Hart Memorial Park is set to get a new adventure playground complete with a Kern River-themed water feature. “It’s a good place for kids to come out ...

Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant. The facility's license is up for renewal.

A Lake Isabella man was found dead in the Kern River Tuesday, according to the Kern County coroner's office. Clint Joel Wampler, 49, went into the river at 1:53 p.m. Tuesday and his body was ...

Southern California Edison (SCE) will be operating a Community Resource Center for residents in the Kern River Valley impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS).

A Lake Isabella man was found dead in the Kern River Tuesday, according to the Kern County coroner's office.

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was later found dead after going into the Kern River as 49-year-old Clint Joel Wampler of Lake Isabella.

Cal Water works around the clock to maintain water service during public safety power shutoffs in Kern River Valley, while local businesses face thousands in losses from outages.

Kern County supervisors are considering sweeping changes to the county’s oil and gas zoning ordinance — a move that could streamline the permitting process for up to 2,697 new wells each year.

The Kern Valley Museum in Kernville boasts artifacts from the prehistoric days to Western movies filmed in the Kern River Valley.

Yosemite is included in an updated heat advisory released by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 10:35 p.m. The advisory is in effect until Tuesday July 15, at 11 p.m.

The upper Kern River, Cope’s reported ideal flows, attracting plenty of campers and fishermen along the banks from Kernville upstream to the Johnsondale Bridge.

Lancaster city is ready to begin the final phases of a water transmission system overhaul that will cost tens of millions of dollars and likely disrupt traffic in ...