In 2023, the most recent year for which confirmed local HIV numbers are available, 215 Kern County residents were diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That is the highest number of new HIV ...

Kern County reached a tentative two-year agreement with SEIU Local 521.SEIU Local 521 represents over 5,200 county ...

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

As temperatures rise, Kern County is set to open its cooling centers for the season starting Sunday, June 1, 2025, and ...

ABC spoke with two SEIU Local 521 members about the latest tentative agreement with the county, with both saying they don't believe the union has their best interest at heart.

Robert Price interviews Kern County Public Health Director Brynn Carrigan. In this interview, Carrigan explains some of the recent challenges the department faces. Along with persistent ...

Chloe Perfect capped her experience with a second-place finish in the girls 14-15 age group, finishing with 21 points.

April 11 is the last day to submit an eligibility claim for a one-time food assistance of $177 per child under the School Year 2024 summer electronic benefit transfer, EBT, according to the ...

Thousands of individuals who have not collected their 2024 Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, EBT, cards have now until Feb. 1 to claim them at Micronesia Mall, while others who already had it ...

Rapper Rod Wave turned himself in to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on more than a dozen charges stemming from an April 21 police call in Milton. The family of a Fulton County man who has been ...

While you generally cannot purchase food from McDonald’s using your SNAP benefits (via your EBT card), there are some exemptions. For example, if you get Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ...