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Morongo Basin Sheriff Station’s Capt. Scovel on Up Close Show this Friday (6/26)

Gary Daigneault Gary Daigneault Send an email June 25, 2026

In November of 2025, Steve Scovel was promoted to Captain and given command of the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station.

As the Captain, Scovel oversees law enforcement for the City of Twentynine Palms and the Town of Yucca Valley as well as a wide unincorporated area the stretches from Amboy to Morongo Valley.

On the Z107.7 “Up Close” this Friday (6/26), Captain Scovel will talk about the services offered and the challenges of a unique desert area. The “Up Close” Friday at 10am on Z107.7 fm radio and podcast at z1077fm.com.

Gary Daigneault Gary Daigneault Send an email June 25, 2026
Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault has been a broadcast journalist for 45 years with awards and citations from the Associated Press, National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Association, Radio Inc. Magazine, five “Golden Mic” and four “Mark Twain” awards. In 2010 he was inducted into the Associated Press Hall of Fame. Daigneault taught Broadcasting for 27 years. He is President of Theatre 29, six term Past-President of Rotary Clubs, Past-President of Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree Chambers of Commerce and chaired the Joshua Tree National Park Commission. Gary and wife Cindy live in Twentynine Palms since 1979. They have two children and five grandchildren.