The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM has elevated its seasonal fire restrictions for public lands in San Bernardino County effective next Wednesday, May 22. The Stage 1 restrictions cover public lands managed by the BLM in the hi-desert like Johnson Valley, Sunfair dry lake, and campgrounds like Sawtooth Canyon. Starting on May 22nd - Setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using open fire of any kind is prohibited, except campfires within approved fire pits and grills that are…

Residents of unincorporated areas like Landers, Flamingo Heights, the mesa, Wonder Valley, Joshua Tree and the Lucerne Valley are now eligible to receive some additional dough for spaying or neutering their cats and dogs. The vouchers are worth 100 bucks for cats and 200 dollars for dogs and go toward making sure your pet is spayed or neutered. San Bernardino County Animal Care and the Pet Over Population Coalition - or POPCO - are providing the vouchers so folks in unincorporated areas…

Listen here: The group behind a possible development in Flamingo Heights faced a skeptical but receptive crowd at the Flamingo Heights Community Center on Saturday afternoon, where they laid out their plans for a 4.4 acre commercially-zoned property located at 777 Old Woman Springs Road that would include twelve cabins, a kitchen, swimming pool and changing rooms. Nicholas Fahey and Rob Massar call the project Flamingo Blossom and described it as retreat center - and pitched it to the…

Over the last few months, almost every major Post Office in the Morongo Basin has experienced a break-in or burglary, and the brazen theft of things like blue post office boxes or residential mail is always a problem in rural areas. There are many ways to mitigate the amount of personal info that is sent to your mailbox - going paperless with your bank statements or bills is a good start. But that isn’t helpful for folks who have already had their mail stolen. On top of mail theft - credit card…