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BOISE, Idaho — Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74, his family said in a written statement Saturday. Kempthorne died Friday evening in Boise, the statement said. No cause was given, but he had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. “Beyond his public service, he was a…

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help Friday in locating a juvenile who went missing March 16.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in finding a 47-year-old man who went missing Jan. 3.

For all the disruption Kern’s oil industry has endured in recent years, a new study shows it has continued to contribute strongly to the local economy while providing exceptionally good pay relative to the amount of education it requires.

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday in identifying three people who it said are related to credit card fraud at local businesses between March 6 and March 10.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who stole from a vehicle March 19 in the 4000 block of Dana Street.

Winners of The Bakersfield Californian’s 2026 Best of Readers’ Choice Poll were the guests of honor Thursday evening at a grand party at the Kern County Museum’s Neon Plaza.

U.S. military personnel put an unmanned aircraft through a series of tests at Edwards Air Force Base recently as part of an initiative intended to speed the refinement of experimental products into combat-ready weapons.

Brent Stratton is now chief of the Bakersfield Police Department following a swearing-in ceremony Friday morning.

Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department arrested four people Thursday as part of a nationwide operation to combat human trafficking.