The ''Taft Independent'' is a free weekly feature community newspaper published in

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. The Independent covers local news, features, letters, editorials, community voices and more. The newspaper office is located at 508 Center Street in Taft, California, 93268. The Independent is published weekly on Friday. Weekly circulation is 3,500 issues distributed in Western Kern County and Eastern Santa Barbara County. The Independent's website receives 23,000 views per month. Independent news stories are a source of news from Taft California on the Google, Yahoo and Dogpile news search engines. The Independent is a member of the

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