The Morongo Basin Healthcare District Board of Directors meets in regular session Thursday (June 5), during which they will receive presentations on the Desert Care Network and the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budgets. The board will also discuss filling the vacant board seat for voting zone 3. The window to make...
Copper Mountain College is holding a Spring Dinner Celebration next Saturday (June 14) and tickets are available now. Called “Shining Through: Reflections of Success,” the event will honor the legacy, growth and future of Copper Mountain College. It will feature live music by the Smokey Quartz Quartet, specialty cocktails...
Are you attending Copper Mountain Community College in the Fall 2025 semester? Scholarship applications are still being accepted but you only have until the end of the month to see if you qualify. Over 25 individual scholarships can be applied to using a single application. There are scholarships available...
There are two similarly named non-profits in the Morongo Basin. "Reach Out Morongo Basin" runs the Senior Center in Twentynine Palms and has provided services to the elderly and disabled in the Morongo Basin communities for two decades. "Reach Out," with offices in Yucca Valley, has operated county-wide for 60...
A Yucca Valley man was arrested this week on suspicion of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump. The United States Attorney's Office said that Thomas Streavel, a 73 year-old resident of Yucca Valley, has been charged with three counts of making threats against President Trump when he was President-elect. Streaval was...
The City of Twentynine Palms released an update on roads affected from yesterday's flash floods. The City's Public Works Crew is finishing up clearing debris off the following roads: Mesquite Springs has been cleared from Two Mile to Indian Trail Indian Trail has been cleared from Mesquite Springs to Adobe Road Raymond Way...
Following the presentation of the Youth Commission End of Year Report, last night’s Yucca Valley Town Council meeting began with an item concerning the 2025 General Plan. Deputy Town Manager Shane Stueckle recommended the Town enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Placeworks, who will prepare the changes required...
The commissioners voted 3 in favor and 0 against to follow staff’s direction and declare the property located at 7291 Woodward Avenue in Twentynine Palms a Public Nuisance and a dangerous building. The property owners is required to obtain a demolition permit within 20 days and begin demolition of the...
The State of California's Department of Fish and Wildlife released the final draft of their Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan on Tuesday. The State has been working on the conservation plan for the last several years in advance of a June 2025 deadline. This final draft plan incorporates notes and...
Updated on Wednesday 6/4/25: Containment in the Eurkea Fire has increased to 80% as of 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a press release from Joshua Tree National Park. The press release states that "Crews continued suppression work, extinguishing interior smoke that was accessible and pulled hose line from the perimeter....
The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education is accepting applications to serve a three-year appointment as a trustee for Area 1 of the District. The appointed individual will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Karalee Hargrove and will serve the remainder of the term through...
A grassroots town hall in Twentynine Palms gathered residents, conservationists, and planners to address a growing concern: how to balance economic development with the preservation of the desert's fragile ecosystem. The town hall was organized by Indian Cove Neighbors in collaboration with the Morongo Basin Conservation Association (MBCA) to...
Morongo Unified School District’s graduation season is upon us this week for our local student’s 2024-25 school year. For Twentynine Palms High School, graduation night is this Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. on campus at the football field, led by valedictorian Amiel Escoba who will speak on behalf of...
The 29 Palms Rotary Club continues its program of honoring outstanding students and teachers from our local schools. Under the leadership of Youth Services Chairman John Cole, the ongoing award presentations are part of the service club’s commitment to support and honor education. At their meeting on May 28, 2025,...
Go Skate Day is coming up on Saturday, June 21st, and the Twentynine Palms skate community behind the annual tradition is accepting donations for the event. Formerly known as Aaron and Paul’s Go Skate Day event, now the crew has united under the name SKATE 29, with a new...
The Joshua Basin Water District Board of Directors meets in regular session Wednesday afternoon (June 4) to budgeting issues through 2026. The Board will also receive a presentation plan about their employee compensation, and hold a public hearing on increasing pay for Board Directors. The Joshua Basin Water District Board...
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Hi-Desert Water District scheduled for Wednesday (June 4) has been cancelled. The next regular scheduled meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
