Enzo Paylaga, an eighth grader from Norris Middle School, is representing Kern County at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

According to the Kern County Economic Development Center, the county ranks as the second largest ag-producing county in the nation with an annual output of $7.7 billion. Nearly 20% of the nation’s ...

View Kern County Raceway results below. This 150 lap race has been split into two stages. Each will be 75 laps. Points and money are up for grabs at the end of each 75 lap segment.

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire. Fire name: Sherwood. A new wildfire was reported today at 8:33 a.m. in Kern County. Sherwood Fire has been burning on private land.

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire. Fire name: Isabella. A new wildfire was reported today at 1:35 p.m. in Kern County. Isabella Fire has burned five acres of private land.

Fort Fire initially started 11:27 p.m. June 4 in Kern County. Since its discovery five days ago, it has burned 389 acres. The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely by Monday afternoon.

A fast-moving brush fire erupted near Frazier Park on Thursday afternoon, prompting a swift joint response from the Kern County Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service. Fueled by dry ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:20 p.m. in Kern County. Bella Fire has burned one acre of private land. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.

Fort Fire initially started 11:27 p.m. June 4 in Kern County. Since its discovery four days ago, it has burned 389 acres. As of Sunday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 96% of this ...