As many other community colleges did, Copper Mountain College suffered from a decline in enrollment during the Covid-19 pandemic. On Friday's (August 23) Z1077 Up Close Show, CMC Superintendent and Presiden Dr. Daren Otten shared some good news about recent enrollment. Dr. Otten: "Our enrollments, like many colleges, saw a decline in enrollment during the pandemic. We did not see the severe decline that many schools saw. I'm happy to share that at the end of 2023-2024, we are…

The Little Church of the Desert is celebrating our community's first responders with a free pancake breakfast tomorrow morning. The event is put on by the church to show their appreciation for those keeping the Morongo Basin safe. First responders are welcome to come by the church for pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, and orange juice from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Little Church of the Desert is located at 6079 Adobe Rd. in Twentynine Palms.

Early this morning (August 21), a Sheriff's vehicle was involved in a rollover collision in Yucca Valley, leaving a deputy with minor injuries. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department reports that at around 5:20 a.m., a deputy was driving a marked vehicle while on patrol near the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Sage Ave in Yucca Valley. The Sheriff's Department said that the deputy was involved in a single vehicle collision, which caused the vehicle to overturn…