Posted Friday, February 20, 2026 12:12 pm By Spencer Shepard | spencer@kvsun.com Kern County is staring down a $14 million budget deficit for the coming fiscal year, driven by health care costs that ...

Alta Sierra Ski Resort plans to reopen this weekend, Feb. 21–22, after a two-year closure, as a winter storm drops fresh snow on the mountain. “We’re looking at 18 to 24 inches of fresh … This item is ...

Hot destinations for 2026, according to booking data Drawing on platform data, on-the-ground insight from a global community of advisors and partners, and a dash of intuition, Fora Travel ’s fourth ...

Gilhool had never heard of the organization, now known as The Arc of Pennsylvania, but he knew more than most people about Pennhurst. At the time, children could be deemed retarded for a host of ...

Carroll Dean Buck, age 88, of Lake Isabella, passed away on February 1, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones. Dean was born on January 21, 1938, in Cassopolis, Michigan. He spent his childhood on a … ...

The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted 14-6 to cut the state budget by 1% – or a $131 million reduction – for what is left of the 2026 fiscal year, and voted 13-7 to cut the state budget by ...

A forecast for Jan. 26, 2026, shows the freezing line in white reaching far into Texas. The light band with arrows indicates the jet stream, and the dark band indicates the stratospheric polar vortex.

They're building a piece of history. The Whiskey Flat Encampment returns for this year's festival, recreating what Kernville looked like in the 1870s—before brick buildings, before paved streets, ...

Snowfall records by county During the week starting Jan. 26, a massive winter storm swept across much of the United States, blanketing regions from Texas to the Northeast with heavy snow, sleet, ...

I am proud to announce that Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood has endorsed my campaign.

A video shows the process of railroad-enabled logging of longleaf pine forests. A turning point The early 20th century brought public debates about fire. National forestry leaders, trained in northern ...

5 winter address trends: How people are changing where they live, work & receive mail in 2026 For decades, an address was one of the most stable parts of the American experience. Defining where you ...