Rep. Vince Fong (CA-20) spoke in support of the Fix Our Forests Act, emphasizing this bill’s importance to the Central Valley and the wildfires currently plaguing California. This ...

Collegiate Baseball season is upon us. The Taft College Cougars will start off in Cougar Country against Feather River College this Friday, January 24 at 1:00 pm.

Trace Fleming has been hired by the Taft College Athletic department as the new assistant athletic trainer.

The Taft Union High School Hall of Fame Committee has announced this year’s inductees into the Hall of Fame: Bill Endicott (Class of 1939, a posthumous induction), Edith Matthai (Class ...

A cat apparently perished in the fire, however. The fire was in a lot on the south side of Wood between Naylor and Olive. The ...

The Taft Wildcats boys varsity basketball team played three games last week and sandwiched a win between a pair of tough ...

Ashley Beebe has joined the Taft Midway Driller as a general assignment reporter.

More than 140 Kern County firefighters are in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades-Malibu ares and involved with the ongoing firelight. • Two engine Strike Teams, comprising 10 metro fire engines and 44 ...

The Taft Union HS girls varsity basketball team began last week firing on all cylinders with a 59-38 win over McFarland, Jan.

Mike Blake, who served as sports editor for the Kern Valley Sun from June 2021 to 2024, has signed on to assume the sports ...

Officer initiated activity at Hwy 119/Gardner Field Rd, Taft, CA. Disposition: Animal Pickup. Officer initiated activity at ...

Taft Police are seeking the suspect who they say fired multiple gunshots following an argument in the 400 block of Kern Street early Sunday morning.