Tag: morongo basin

SNAKES ALIVE!

Hiking down Ryan Mountain this past week, I almost stepped on a gopher snake on the path. Ranger Pat Pilcher says it's not an uncommon experience this time of the year… Here in Joshua Tree National Park, as spring begins and temperatures…

BASIN-WIDE FOUNDATION SEEKS NOMINEES

Nominations are being sought by the Basin-Wide Foundation for honorees for a number of categories of community service. Managing editor Tami Roleff tells you how to put the name of a deserving person in for consideration… Basin Wide Foundation…

E-WASTE COLLECTION

The Twentynine Palms Rotary Club is having an E-Waste fundraising event on Saturday, April 27, from 10 to 1 at the Community Center located in Luckie Park. The Rotary Club will collect electronic waste products, such as TVs, monitors, computers…

CHURCH FASHION SHOW

St. Mary of the Valley Catholic Church in Yucca valley will hold a Blossoms of the Desert fashion show and luncheon Sunday, May 5, at 11:00. Tickets are $20 for the fund raiser for the Altar Guild. The event will be at St. Mary's Hall at…

GRUBSTAKE DAYS EVENT

Make plans to attend the "Grubstake Days". The event, hosted by Hi-Desert Publishing, Z107.7 Radio, the Basin-Wide Foundation and the Town of Yucca Valley, is set for Saturday, May 25, 2013. Reporter Kristy Lockhart has details……

GUITAR CONCERT AT HARRISON HOUSE

Harrison House Music and Arts will present artist-in-residence Gyan Riley in a solo guitar performance on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. Riley, a guitarist and composer, weaves together Western classicism, North Indian raga, American…

FATAL CRASH ON HIGHWAY IN JOSHUA TREE

On Friday afternoon there was a crash on the highway in Joshua Tree, with one reported fatality. About 3:30 pm, a military vehicle that was part of an eastbound convoy collided with a civilian vehicle, east of Whitefeather Road on State Route…

COOK AUTHORS COMPROMISE OHV BILL

Congressman Paul Cook called in to z107.7's Up-Close show Friday morning, to deliver what he intends as good news for the Morongo Basin in general, and for Johnson Valley in particular. In a formal statement from his office, also issued on…

HEROIN ARREST IN JOSHUA TREE

An illegal U-turn resulted in the arrest of a Joshua Tree woman for transporting heroin. According to a Sheriff's report, Richelle Hopper, 29, made an illegal U-turn near Chollita Road and Center Avnue in Joshua Tree about 2:40 a.m. During…

RAPE ARREST IN YUCCA VALLEY

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday, accused of rape and false imprisonment. According to a Sheriff's report, a woman went to a neighbor's home in the 5000 block of Lomita Drive in Yucca Valley about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, and said…