Hilary Sloane

This month in Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree, Mil-Tree's Writes of Passage program is bringing veterans and civilians together through storytelling, spoken word, and live performance.

Months after Yucca Valley High School student-athlete Michael Ramos Jr. was killed during an act of violence at a party in December of 2025, his parents returned to the school Wednesday night to honor his memory with a new scholarship program.

State Route 247 cuts through the desert between Yucca Valley and Lucerne Valley before heading north toward Barstow. But for many local residents, the section of the two-lane highway, also known as Old Women Spring Road, is also associated with serious and fatal crashes, roadside memorials, and lives permanently altered by loss.

The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education approved its budget and Local Control Accountability Plan on Tuesday night, while community members continued to raise concerns about district spending, transparency, and the long-term future of local schools.

Southern California Edison representatives met with residents on Wednesday evening at a community town hall hosted by Twentynine Palms

Roughly 60 residents gathered Thursday evening, July 9th, at the Twentynine Palms Luckie Park Activity Center. The meeting was a roundtable discussion on the existing Flock cameras and the upcoming contract renewal with Flock Safety. Hilary Sloane reports:

A new exhibition opening this month at Hi-Desert Artists in Yucca Valley brings an important chapter of California art history to the Morongo Basin. The show features the work of artist Nicki Marx, whose feather-based jewelry and wearable art became part of the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Reporter Hilary Sloane explains why this exhibition matters…

Pat and Susan Kearns have spent decades making music together. Since coming to the Morongo Basin, they've become part of a community of artists and musicians who inspire one another.

Joshua Tree artist Linda Sibio has spent decades turning her experience with mental illness into art and creating opportunities for other artists to find their creative voices. Now, her life and work are the subject of a new documentary, as the local program she created works to secure its future. Reporter Hilary Sloane has the story…

Water is one of the few things none of us can live without. Yet across the Morongo Basin, water bills vary, with some rising sharply while others remain relatively stable. Why can three neighboring public water districts charge such different rates when they're providing essentially the same essential service? Reporter Hilary Sloane digs in…