TEN CANDIDATES COMPETE FOR MISS YUCCA VALLEY PAGEANT
The hard work is underway for the 2014 Miss Yucca valley Scholarship Pageant, produced by the Yucca Valley Rotary Club. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells us who the contestants are… Ten high school juniors have been named as contestants for the…
TWO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS COLLECT TOYS
Two local organizations have collected toys to distribute to needy children here in the Morongo Basin. The Morongo Basin California Highway Patrol collected and distributed 793 toys in its 25th CHiPs for Kids program. The officers volunteered…
GRUBSTAKE DAYS THEME SOUGHT
The Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for a three- to five- word theme for the 64th Annual Grubstake Days celebration. The theme will be used by the parade entries to decorate their floats and costumes. In addition to a theme, the…
CALL FOR MINERVA HOYT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Those who work toward the preservation and protection of our magnificent desert are being honored. Reporter Dan Stork says nominations are being taken for the annual Minerva Hoyt award… The Joshua Tree National Park Association (JTNPA) is…
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR THE MBTA
The Morongo Basin Transit Authority (MBTA) will NOT operate service on Wednesday, December 25, in observance of Christmas Day and will resume its regularly scheduled service on Thursday, December 26.
BURRTEC TRASH PICKUP DELAYED BY ONE DAY
Burrtec Waste and Recycling Service will be closed tomorrow and January 1. Waste and recycling service will be delayed by one day for both weeks.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AT DESERT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Desert Hill Presbyterian Church will hold a Christmas Eve service 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 24. Special music will be provided by Chris Poland and his family, along with traditional carols. The church is located at 56750 Mountain View Trail in…
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
In high school sports, the Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms High School soccer and basketball teams will be participating in tournaments starting Thursday. The Trojan boys’ basketball team will be playing in the Linfield Christian School…
ONE ARRESTED, MORE SOUGHT IN RASH OF AREA MAILBOX THEFTS
'Tis the season … for mailbox theft. Dan Stork reports on a overnight spike in this holiday-time crime… Saturday morning, residents of the Monument Manor area of Joshua Tree discovered that banks of locked mailboxes along Quail Springs Road…
YUCCA VALLEY MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTACKING MOTHER WITH NAIL GUN
A Yucca Valley man was arrested Saturday after police say he attacked his mother with a nail gun. According to a Sheriff’s report, about 2:20 Saturday afternoon, James Nobles, 33, was with his mother in the 1600 block of South Wamego Trail in…
TWO FIRES IN MORONGO BASIN THIS WEEKEND
Twentynine Palms firefighters responded to a small roof fire Sunday morning. According to Captain Robert Marquez, firefighters were called to the 74700 block of Serrano in the Hanson Tract area at 11:23 a.m. Neighbors attacked the fire with a…
THE WINNERS OF THE HOLIDAY BUSINESS DECORATING CONTEST
Results are in for the annual holiday decorating contest, which saw record numbers of Basin businesses compete for free local advertising from contest sponsors Hi-Desert Publishing and your Community Radio Station, Z107.7. Assignment reporter…
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE HARLEY-DAVIDSON RAFFLE A HUGE SUCCESS
About 100 people turned out at the Copper Mountain College’s Bell Center Friday to find out if they were the lucky winner of the 2013 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail motorcycle. The motorcycle raffle was a fundraiser for the college’s Christine…
TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL SELECT CHOIR INVITED TO CARNEGIE HALL
The Twentynine Palms High School Select Choir and their boosters are raising funds to make possible a trip to New York City and participation in a concert in Carnegie Hall. Dan Stork tells how the opportunity arose, and what the singers will do…
TLC HARD AT WORK GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
The hard-working volunteers for TLC are now in the Yucca Valley Community Center and are accepting all donations there. Tender Loving Cause still needs volunteers for the Christmas Day event: face painters, decorators, and drivers to deliver…
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Local Election Results for the Morongo Basin (Updated 11/7)
Updated 11/7 @ 7:00 A.M. As ballots continue to be counted, we have an update on…
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