Tupman News

A fertilizer factory and part-time hydrogen power plant proposed outside Tupman would produce less air pollution than had been anticipated under an earlier, electricity-only version of the project, according to paperwork filed this month with the state.

Elk Hills School District in Tupman, located in the western portion of Kern County, addressed a grand jury report issued one month ago in its first meeting since the report was released.

With the financial crisis fresh in our memory and unemployment near historic highs, there were fears that the year in business would be shaky at best.

A Kern County grand jury committee has found that two Elk Hills School District trustees live outside of the western-Kern district boundaries -- in Bakersfield -- when they're required to live inside them.