Ridgecrest News

Projects are expected to come online in 2013 and 2014. Expansion options and earlier agreements could lift the total to 960 MW.

Dense fog that was blamed Wednesday for two Interstate 15 pileups that smashed at least 30 vehicles and caused 15 injuries may return this morning and for the next few days, weather forecasters warned.

The Inyo County Sheriff's Office is investigating an alleged attempted murder and suicide.

KMA Architecture & Engineering announced that construction has been awarded and designs are under way for P704V in-service engineering facility at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in Ridgecrest, Calif.

The space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth Sunday morning in a spectacular and rare landing at Edwards Air Force Base ... Atlantis announced its return to the Valley with its signature double sonic booms ... Atlantis' landing was the 53rd landing at Edwards.

Burroughs High sophomores Thomas Wooding and Amy Lee were state champions in the Mammalian Biology category.

The expressions of grief number more than 1,800, each memory offering a glimpse of a man or woman who has died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kern County Health officials say a 15-month-old resident of Ridgecrest has been diagnosed with swine flu.

Fort Hood officials are investigating the death of a soldier found in his barracks, at least the fourth such incident this year at the post.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms the 'A+' rating on Indian Wells Valley Water District , California's $4.8 million of outstanding water revenue refunding bonds, series 2003.

Reporting from The Sierra Nevada -- The windshield of Dave Hawks' 1994 Toyota 4Runner is splattered yellow, but Hawks doesn't mind.

Kern County dodged an economic bullet Thursday as Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealers in Bakersfield and Delano learned they will not be shut down as part of the bankrupt manufacturer's move to close a quarter of its dealerships within a month.

Peak To Peak In a parallel universe, Desire Strand is planning a 54th birthday bash in Paris this July with her closest friends.

Coso Geothermal Plant has another hurdle to overcome before it can pump water from Hay Ranch.

American servicemen and servicewomen killed April 13 to 22: -- Lance Cpl. Ray A. Spencer II, 20, of Ridgecrest, Calif.

Officials are investigating the April 16 death in Iraq of a Hawaii-based Marine.

As of Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at least 4,274 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The military says it's investigating the death of a Hawaii-based Marine from California who died in a non-hostile incident in Iraq last week.

Does postpartum depression serve some evolutionary purpose? - Clint Johnson, Ridgecrest, Calif.

The fire that destroyed an entire mini-mall complex in Ridgecrest Sunday morning, did more than put a lot of people out of work.