The State Water Resources Control Board will accept comments on a Basin Plan Amendment for the Colorado River Basin Region until noon on November 27. The amendment includes the septic prohibition in Yucca Valley. Comments on the amendment should…

The City of Twentynine Palms will host the Morongo Basin's Veterans Day Tribute 2013. The event begins at 10:00 a.m. in Veterans Park and will include guest speakers, static displays of law enforcement, fire department, and military…

Audition day for the first show of the 2014 season at Theatre 29 is next Sunday.  Reporter Mike Lipsitz has the call… At Theatre 29 the 2014 season will open with Oscar Wilde’s comical classic, “ The Importance of being Earnest.”  Director Butch…

A holiday boutique and luncheon will be held Friday, November 15, and Saturday, November 16, at Desert Hills Presbyterian Church in Yucca Valley. The boutique is open Friday, 8 to 4 and Saturday, 9 to noon. The luncheon is served 11:30 to 1…

The Save Our Desert organization is holding a clean up of Pipes Canyon Saturday, November 16, starting at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at Hwy. 247 and Pipes Canyon Road. Equipment and refreshments will be provided.

In honor of Veterans Day, all national parks and national forests will offer free admittance to everyone this weekend, from Saturday, November 9 through Monday, November 11. Fees for camping and tours of Key Ranch in Joshua Tree National Park…

A Joshua Tree woman who was admitted to drug court two weeks ago  was arrested again Thursday, accused of being under the influence of drugs and grand theft. Valerie Belle, 33, went to a dog kennel in the 63300 block of Quail Springs Road…

Quick thinking by  Sheriff’s deputies and a neighbor saved a Joshua Tree home from being a total loss in a fire Thursday afternoon. About 3 p.m., Joshua Tree firefighters received a call of a kitchen fire in the 60000 block of Granada Road. When…

As the holidays approach, the Basin-Wide Foundation is again sponsoring their "Adopt-a-Child" Program. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells you how to help… Children in the Child Protective Services program, through no fault of their own,…

Desert Congregational Church in Twentynine Palms will hold a Saturday Night Church tonight, November 9, at 7 p.m. Musicians of all types are invited to come and play country, bluegrass, and gospel music. The church is located at 5688 Sunrise…

Volunteers are critical to an operation like the Twentynine Palms Historical Society’s Old Schoolhouse Museum – it takes 1,400 volunteer hours annually just to staff the facility part-time.  Like most all-volunteer organizations, the historical…

The Joshua Tree Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will not hold a Friday night dinner or Sunday breakfast this weekend. Instead, in honor of the Marine Corps’ 238th birthday November 10, the Post will hold a special rib-eye steak dinner Sunday. The…