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Hilary Sloane

Hilary Sloane

After a long successful career as a Photostylist and producer in New York and Los Angeles, Hilary Sloane moved to the Morongo Basin and began a new career as a journalist and documentary photographer, getting a journalism certification from Michigan…

YVTC presents “Spirit of Yucca Valley Award” to Evelyn Conklin

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
October 4, 2023
YVTC presents “Spirit of Yucca Valley Award” to Evelyn Conklin

At last night's Town Council meeting, Timothy McLarney with True North Research presented the results of a recent survey on Town performance. Residents' top desire was safety and preserving Yucca Valley's small-town quality. The survey will be posted on social media. The Yucca Valley Town Council presented the Spirit of Yucca Valley's Exceptional Accomplishments Award to Evelyn Conklin, who imagined and created the original High Desert Nature Museum in 1964 in the middle of…

Yucca Valley Town Council agenda includes Aquatic Center update

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
October 3, 2023

The agenda for tonight’s Yucca Valley Town Council Meeting includes a Spirit of Yucca Valley Award and introductions to New Employees. Also on the agenda is a Master Fee Schedule Resolution and a 2023 Aquatics and Recreation Center update. The Town Council is recommended to adopt Resolution No. 23-XX, establishing the Master Fee Schedule and rescinding all fee resolutions in conflict. This resolution is an overall fee study for items charged to the Public, from animal licensing, business…

Desert Summit panel presents “pristine desert” plan to meet state climate change goals

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
October 3, 2023
Desert Summit panel presents “pristine desert” plan to meet state climate change goals

The California desert as an ecosystem is often miscategorized as a barren wasteland with low biodiversity and limited capacity for carbon storage. The very opposite is true. Citizen-organized Inland Desert Working Group, a group of highly trained scientists and advocates, compiled Scientific data that show how essential pristine desert lands are for preventing climate change, ensuring clean air, protecting wildlife, and the continuation of desert flora that have a principal part in the…

Joshua Tree Gem and Mineral Show returns at new location

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 30, 2023
Joshua Tree Gem, Mineral & Craft Show happening this weekend

After missing its traditional spring event owing to issues with its previous location, The Joshua Tree Gem and Mineral Show has returned to the high desert at a brand new location, the Joshua Tree Lake RV and Campground. Vendors from all over the country are congregating here to sell rocks, fossils, slabs, equipment, crystals, geodes, jewelry, and much more. The show continues today (September 30) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and tomorrow (October 1), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be live music from…

Enter your prized flowers in this year’s Orchid Festival

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 28, 2023
Enter your prized flowers in this year’s Orchid Festival

If you have a favorite Orchid at home, you can bring it to be judged by the Riverside/San Bernardino Orchid Society during the Morongo Basin Orchid Festival. The American Orchid Society Judged Show entries will be held on Friday, October 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and again on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Judging begins at 10:05 a.m. The best orchids will be awarded ribbons on Saturday at noon. The Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary will also supply wine tastings and their signature margaritas…

Food, music, classes and more at upcoming 27th Annual Orchid Festival

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 25, 2023
SAVE THE DATE FOR 23RD ORCHID FEST IN LANDERS

Food, music, classes, and much more will be at the 27 Annual Morongo Basin Orchid Festival at Gubler’s Orchids in Landers. Learn more about Orchid species, drink specialized beers, and support the many non-profit organizations represented. Relax by taking a fun class in caring for and cultivating orchid species. Take home an orchid or orchid arrangement. Classes are taught by the Orchid Society of Arizona and Riverside/San Bernardino Orchid Society at the Festival’s Pacific Western Bank Learning…

Last day to register for California Desert Summit

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 22, 2023
Cima Road. in Mojave National Preserve closed through March 2024

The California Desert Coalition is holding a California Desert Summit in Joshua Tree on Saturday, September 30. The California Desert Summit is organized by the California Desert Coalition (CDC) and sponsored by the Rose Foundation and the Morongo Basin Conservation Association (www.mbconservation.org). The Summit is designed to introduce the Morongo Basin to the current scientific and state planning that affects our communities and environment. The keynote speaker is Kristeen Penrod, an expert…

“Poetry in the Park” explores Joshua Tree National Park beauty through the written word

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 21, 2023
Mines, historic structures and ‘legacy pollution’ getting cleaned up in Joshua Tree National Park

Poet Jodie Hollander's free poetry sessions in Joshua Tree National Park are from September 22 to 24 at various locations. Each session will be held at a unique place and draw from the Park's beauty. The first session on September 22 at Cap Rock from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is Landscape Poetry. Drawing inspiration from the Park's natural beauty, this workshop allows participants to explore nature and turn their observations into powerful and vivid poems. The second session, the Poetry…

YVPC approves additional commercial business at STR, discuss Black Bear and mascot signage

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 20, 2023
Yucca Valley Town Council meeting recap: Grubstake Days, fallen Joshua Trees

The Yucca room was packed last night, and community input was welcomed on the issues covered. The first permit was a Home Occupation Permit for a meditation and therapeutic retreat at a single-family residential home at 7379 Chippewa Trail, a short-term vacation rental. There are currently no regulations preventing a second commercial business. Still, Staff requested the Planning Commission discuss whether having multiple commercial permits or licenses at a single-family residential property is…

YVPC reviewing commercial permits for new and expanding businesses, mascots

Hilary Sloaneby Hilary Sloane
September 19, 2023

The Yucca Valley Planning Commission will review a Home Occupation Permit for a meditation retreat at a single-family residential unit and short-term vacation rental. The Commission will also review commercial permits for expanded and new businesses. Also on the Agenda for tonight's Planning Commission meeting is an appeal application to keep a pole sign located at the northwest corner of 56809 Twentynine Palms Highway and a review of the exterior color change. The Wine and Rock Shop is…

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