The discovery set off an oil boom. By 1901 there were over 500 oil wells in the field. By 1904, the Kern River Oilfield had produced 17 and a half million barrels, the most in California. Within a ...

The 13-year, $68 million effort to put Kern oil permitting in local hands is headed back to the courts after the county Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to revise a massive environmental review and ...

CHARLESTON — The Coles County Board of School Trustees will hold its final meeting July 7. The board is being replaced by a ...

Grass Valley is what happens when gold rush history meets small-town sweetness. This Sierra Nevada foothills town has more charm per square foot than most places have in their entire city limits. The ...

Victorville sits right in the heart of the Mojave Desert. This town has grown into a real gem for folks looking to stretch their retirement dollars. The cost of living here makes your pension go much ...

The last operating Woolworth lunch counter, in Bakersfield, California, seen in the 1990s. Courtesy of Emily Waite. When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W ...

Stacker identified the best big-city college towns using the Best College Towns in America report from WalletHub, which ranks ...

The cuts are spurred by a reduction in rig use due to falling crude oil prices, CEO John Lindsay said during the earning call with analysts. Tulsa's Helmerich & Payne to lay off 2,000, citing weak ...