Archive - The Desert Trumpet

RECAP: Tourism Business Improvement District Meeting, December 18, 2025

The board discusses the future of the visitor’s center, grant location requirements, billboard advertising, and approves matching funds for the 29 Palms…

Dec 21 • Eleanor Whitney

RECAP: Twentynine Palms Planning Commission, December 16, 2025

Maintained roads list discussed, proposed zoning changes in the General Plan, and easing City hurdles for small businesses

Dec 20 • Natalie Zuk

There is still time

Local shopping for the win!

Dec 18 • Liz Lapp

Public Comment Period Open for E-Group PS Solar Project in Twentynine Palms

Written public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report end on January 22, 2026.

Dec 17 • Eleanor Whitney

ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms Planning Commission, December 16, 2025

Study sessions, General Plan discussions, land use and zoning designations open to changes

Dec 15 • Natalie Zuk

RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, December 9, 2025

Daniel Mintz and Octavious Scott selected as Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, Five Year Strategic Plan adopted.

Dec 14 • Cindy Bernard

NEXT GEN 29: Jessica Cure

The Planning Commission Chair on listening to longtime locals while bringing structure, collaboration, and a designer’s eye to desert development

Dec 13 • Natalie Zuk

ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council, December 9, 2025

The packed agenda includes the formal adoption of a 5-year strategic plan and the selection of a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem

Dec 7 • Cindy Bernard

NEXT GEN 29: Ashton Ramsey

From Hollywood to the High Desert: How a Los Angeles producer became one of Twentynine Palms' most visible champions

Dec 6 • Cindy Bernard and Jonathan Hume

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: The Bird of Peace, Reconsidered

On the fierce, funny, devoted lives of mourning doves

Dec 3 • Kat Talley-Jones

Citizen Astronomer: December 2025

December’s Night Sky: Meteors, Giant Planets, and the First Stars of Winter

Dec 1 • Caitlin Gill

November 2025

Introducing Terms of Engagement

Our new monthly column explores sex-positive thinking and behaviors

Nov 30 • JoJo Blake

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