Gabriel Hart

Easter Egg Hunt in Morongo Valley this Saturday (3/23)

March 22, 2024

Easter Egg Hunt in Morongo Valley this Saturday (3/23)

The Morongo Valley Youth Softball League will be holding an Easter Egg Hunt at the Morongo Valley softball field at 11 AM this Saturday. Hard Boiled reporter Gabriel Hart puts all the facts in one basket for this festive community event. The MVYSL 2024 Easter Egg Hunt will be hiding 4000 eggs in the softball field complete with prizes to win from the actual Easter Bunny. Don’t forget your baskets! Youth and adult softball signups will be available for the upcoming season from April 27th to June…

MVCSD votes to oppose Initiative 1935 and approves temporary spending freeze

by Gabriel Hart

March 21, 2024

Morongo Valley CSD Board Director declares resignation, once conditions are met

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors held their regular 6 PM meeting last night at Covington Park’s multipurpose room. The meeting began with Smith Marion and Co’s audit presentation, followed by the MVCSD Organizational Chart update, both of which the Board approved 4/0. While a “rounding-up” donation program for patrons of local businesses to donate to the CSD was on the agenda, Vice President Lynn Watt stated that by law only non-profits could utilize such a…

Morongo Valley Trails End Transfer Station dump approved for self-haul green waste

by Gabriel Hart

March 20, 2024

Morongo Valley Trails End Transfer Station dump approved for self-haul green waste

There is good news for Morongo Valley residents left in the dark by the confusing roll out of the green waste bin program with Trails End Transfer Station dump now approved to accept and process self-haul loads of organic green waste. Based on feedback from Morongo Valley community members, the San Bernardino Solid Waste Management Division has sent notices to all Morongo Valley residents stating that, effective immediately, the Trails End Transfer Station dump will be a San Bernardino County…

MVCSD to discuss new ‘Round-Up’ district donation program at tonight’s meeting

by Gabriel Hart

March 20, 2024

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will be holding their regular 6 PM meeting tonight (Wednesday) in Covington Park’s multipurpose room. For the meeting’s agenda, continued business includes further consideration into the T-Mobile Hometown Grant Project. The corporation is investing $25 million into 500 rural American towns, and the MVCSD has been researching steps to apply for the opportunity. Directors will also continue discussing the potential Morongo Valley…

Twentynine Palms Junior High School redesignated as a “School to Watch”

by Gabriel Hart

March 18, 2024

First MUSD Board of Trustees meeting of the 2023-24 school year tonight

Twentynine Palms Junior High has been redesignated as a School to Watch by the California League of Schools. The designation as a California Schools to Watch signifies that TPJHS has demonstrated outstanding success in providing a challenging and supportive learning environment for its students. To earn this designation, schools must complete an extensive application and host a site visit by middle grades experts. TPJHS originally received this designation in 2020 and has now been redesignated…

MUSD increases substitute teacher pay rate, changes course with last month’s layoff resolution

by Gabriel Hart

March 13, 2024

The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees held their regular 6 PM meeting last night at Joshua Tree Elementary. Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Amy Woods started the meeting by recognizing Twentynine Palms High School Senior Joshua Corrado who recently passed the ACT with the highest possible score of 36, an achievement only reached by about 1% of the students who take the test nationally. 29 Palms High School senior Joshua Corrado recognized for his high ACT…

MUSD Board of Trustees to approve substitute teacher wage increase at tonight’s meeting

by Gabriel Hart

March 12, 2024

The Morongo Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold their regular 6 PM meeting tonight at Joshua Tree Elementary. For the meeting’s agenda, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Amy Woods will start by recognizing Twenty-Nine Palms High School student Joshua Corrado, who earned the highest possible ACT score of 36. Director of Ed Tech, Data & Assessment Celeste Wahlberg and Director of Information Technology Troy Slayden will present the Technology Plan. Assistant…

Copper Mountain College hosts free President’s Circle Dinner this Tuesday

by Gabriel Hart

March 12, 2024

Copper Mountain College making changes to support students enrolling and staying in college

Copper Mountain College’s educators from Fire Technology, Criminal Justice, EMT Students, and Faculty are hosting the President’s Circle BBQ at CMC’s Bell Center on Tuesday, March 19th. CMC Superintendent President Dr. Darren Otten and CMFC President Ron Sears are inviting the public to learn how their support of Copper Mountain College is strengthening public safety, providing a free BBQ steak dinner while aiming to raise crucial scholarship funds for students pursuing careers in public safety.…

Joshua Tree 2nd Saturday Art Crawl tonight

by Gabriel Hart

March 9, 2024

The Twentynine Palms Art Gallery announces their Holiday Market Nov. 26

The 2nd Saturday Joshua Tree Art Crawl will be happening tonight at various Joshua Tree art galleries, all free and with refreshments. Art Queen Gallery presents Circumstance, a new exhibition of emotionally driven, figurative works by Esther Shaw. Shaw is a 20-year Yucca Valley artist, whose latest works are her own process of working figurative images into places of everyday encounters with others. Often, these paintings are focused on social issues as in her Sleeping Baby…

“Big Read” month long reading event celebrates 5th year with the book ‘Sitting Pretty’

by Gabriel Hart

March 8, 2024

“Big Read” month long reading event celebrates 5th year with the book ‘Sitting Pretty’

For the 5th year in a row, the Morongo Basin celebrates the annual Big Reads Community-Wide Reading Event which started on March 2nd and goes to April 1st. After receiving a $20,000 Big Reads grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the 5th year, Arts Connection will be holding another month of free public programs and activities centered around the themes of the memoir-in-essays Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by author and disability advocate Rebekah…

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