John Cox

New twists emerged Thursday in the case of a U.S. citizen whose truck tires were slashed by federal border patrol agents during last week's immigration sweeps in Kern County.

The federal government has tentatively agreed to a $1.76 billion loan guarantee to help a Canadian-based company build a 500-megawatt compressed-air energy storage facility in Rosamond.

The building was boarded up and looked vacant except for one detail: Someone had pulled back the plywood just enough to sneak in.

Locally elected congressmen and industry representatives said they were encouraged by the energy policies mentioned in President Donald Trump's inauguration address Monday, even as it remains unclear how much influence

Questions swirled Tuesday around an executive order President Donald Trump signed Monday that, depending how it is ultimately interpreted, could have negative implications for the carbon management industry, seen locally

Kern's first chief economic development officer has stepped down to work on a tech startup while serving as the inaugural "entrepreneur in residence" at the county's only angel investment group.

In a pasture south of Taft Highway, local sheep ranchers spoke out Wednesday against California's overtime rule they said imperils grazing activity shown to mitigate wildfire. John Cox / The

Bakersfield's longest-standing chamber of commerce welcomed new leadership Wednesday during a luncheon that brought about 300 people together at the Seven Oaks Country Club.

Kern County sheep and goat farmers gathered on a vacant lot south of Taft Highway Wednesday to sound an alarm over state overtime rules they say

Local schools are redoubling their efforts to prepare for the possibility that federal agents could show up on campuses to carry out immigration enforcement activity following the Trump administration's move