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Knife-Wielding Woman Suspected of Armed Robbery, Attempting to Hijack Two Trucks in Downtown Joshua Tree

A man with an active warrant is alleged to have tried to bite deputies during his arrest in Twentynine Palms. At around 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Sheriff's Deputies from the Morongo Basin Station contacted a man with an outstanding, no-bail warrant for burglary at a home near the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Encelia Ave in Twentynine Palms. There, they say the suspect, identified as Robbyel Stevenson, 31, became irate with deputies and spit on them several times, and…

Twentynine Palms Rotary continues tradition of holiday book giveaway

Members of the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club are continuing a long tradition of giving books to students at local elementary schools for Christmas. At a recent meeting Rotarians stamped 525 specially selected books with a message that they were gifts from the Rotary Club. Holiday book giveaway Chairman Randy Councell said the club has been giving the books to local elementary students for at least the past 15 years. The stamped books will be given away to Oasis, Palm Vista, and 29 Palms…

Come help “Fill the Bus” with food for families in need today at the Yucca Valley Walmart

Basin Transit and Way Station team up to make sure no family goes hungry on Thanksgiving

It's the holiday season, and Basin Transit and the Way Station are asking for your help to feed needy families at tomorrow's "Fill the Bus" event. Basin Transit will be accepting food donations tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. They'll have a Basin Transit bus parked in the Walmart parking lot and Yucca Valley, and they'll be collecting any and all non-perishable foods, holiday meal essentials and hearty foods like turkeys and hams. All food will be given to the Way…

High Desert Beekeepers Association meets

High Desert Beekeepers meet Saturday in Joshua Tree (6/24)

The High Desert Beekeepers Association holds their monthly meeting tomorrow, and they’ll be joined by Steve Clifford, President of the British Columbia Honey Producers Association, who will discuss the divisive issue of the closed Canadian border to US package bees. The overall topic for the meeting is “Winterizing Hives,” and everyone is invited to share what’s going on with their own hives at the meeting. It begins noon tomorrow at noon at the nourishing tree, located at Twentynine Palms…

Yucca Valley High School Wrestling dominates Banning on Alumni Night

Local Sports – Tennis Scores and Football Tonight

On Wednesday (November 20) the Yucca Valley High School Trojan wrestling teams had their second league match against Banning high school for Yucca Valley’s alumni night. The girl's team won with a score of 60 to 0. The boys team also won with a score of 65 to 12. The Trojans will go on the road after Thanksgiving to face Indio High School.

Yucca Valley Lady Trojans narrowly miss win in second round tournament against Riverside

The Yucca Valley High School Lady Trojan basketball team came up short in a second round tournament game by a score of 37-47 against tournament host Riverside Poly HS Thursday night (November 21) in Riverside, leading to an 0-2 to start the season. The Yucca girls trailed by one point at the half but couldn’t get any closer in the second half as the Bears pulled away in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Senior Syhelie Gilmore led the team with 17 points while fellow seniors Tayla Monroy…

Sheriff’s K9 unit assists in finding missing 87 year old woman in Twentynine Palms

San Bernardino Sheriff teams with Feds over communications disruption

A missing 87 year old woman was found in only a few hours thanks to a local Sheriff's canine. Yesterday (November 20), at approximately 11:30 a.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies from the Morongo Basin Station responded to a report of a missing person in the 6500 block of Mojave Avenue in Twentynine Palms. Maria Nieves, an 87 year old with a cognitive disability, was reported as missing and last seen at her residence two hours prior. Deputies deployed their K9 unit, which…

Man with warrant traveling through Landers arrested for suspected drug and weapon possession

A man with an active warrant in Riverside county was arrested in Landers on suspected weapon and drug possession. On Tuesday (November 19) at around 3 a.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling near the intersection of Old Woman Springs Road and Reche Road in Landers. Deputies identified the person in the vehicle as Mark Russell, 34, and say he was found to be in possession of a baton and suspected methamphetamine. Russell was also found…

California State Assembly District 47 lead flips, challenger Christy Holstege concedes

Twentynine Palms and Morongo Valley CSD announce candidates

As ballots continue to be counted in the race to represent California’s State Assembly District 47, the leads have switched in the weeks since election day, and one candidate has now conceded. Democrat Challenger Christy Holstege ended election day with a hefty lead over incumbent Greg Wallis, a Republican. By Monday, November 11, Wallis took the lead over Holstege and his lead continued to grow since. As of yesterday (11/20), Wallis has 51.1% of the vote, and is leading Holstege 116,221 to…

Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce holding “Giving Thanks” mixer tonight at Hi-Desert Artists