Claudia Elliott

The Searles Valley Minerals Plant and Argus Cogeneration Plant in Trona, California.

Mike Melvill will be remembered in history books as the world's first commercial astronaut. Friends and family at his memorial Saturday chose instead to remember him as the gentle genius

As the world’s first commercial astronaut, Mike Melvill helped win a $10 million prize that drew international attention to the spaceport at Mojave.

Joe Arriola, Kern County’s senior fiscal and policy analyst in economic development, was among speakers at the July 9 meeting of the East Kern Economic Alliance.

The Ridgecrest Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau’s success with ARDIS, the defense technology conference that launched in 2025, has brought a new opportunity.

TEHACHAPI — News about Willow Springs Raceway, plans to rebuild a desert road, a new sheriff’s substation at Rosamond, highway signage and solar taxes was shared at the July 9

Searles Valley Minerals in Trona continues to operate as attorneys and creditors file documents at a courthouse more than 2,000 miles away.

The tiny town of Trona had something to celebrate in January — a brand-new $80 million high school, largely funded by California’s Office of Emergency Services.

Trona Joint Unified School District received funding through the California Office of Emergency Services to build a new high school that opened in January, less than a month before the

Searles Valley Minerals’ West End Facility, pictured here on June 23, is still in production as the desert company makes it way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and a proposed