Federal Policy Changes / Local Impacts

Our Top Five Stories of 2025, Updated! Part Three

A raucous town hall with Rep. Jay Obernolte in Yucca Valley is our #1 story of the year

Dec 31, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones and Cindy Bernard

Our Top Five Stories of 2025, Updated! Part One

Counting down to our #1 story with updates on stories #5 - protests against the firing of park rangers and #4 - the threatened sale of public lands

Dec 29, 2025 • Cindy Bernard, Kat Talley-Jones, and Jonathan Hume

Government Shutdown: Day 36, Twentynine Palms Feels the Squeeze

Morongo Basin residents see SNAP benefits impacted, local organizations and businesses step up

Nov 5, 2025 • Natalie Zuk

Twentynine Palms Faces Federal Shutdown

What does it mean for the community and for Joshua Tree National Park?

Oct 2, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

Senate Floats Auction of 1000s of Acres of Morongo Basin Public Land

Land near Section 6 and other local landmarks placed on BLM land privatization chopping block

Jun 18, 2025 • Jonathan Hume

OPINION: No Kings Protest Spotlights Democracy

Marchers brave summer heat in downtown Joshua Tree to make good trouble

Jun 15, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

Morongo Basin Residents Join Nationwide "Hands Off" Protests

Our video and photo album of the April 5 rally

Apr 6, 2025 • Cindy Bernard

Voices of Concern, Calls for Action

Representative Obernolte's Mobile Office Hours in Twentynine Palms, March 20, 2025

Mar 22, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

This Week's Opportunities to Speak Up

Rep. Jay Obernolte's Office Hours, Thursday, March 20, and Protecting Chuckwalla National Monument, Saturday, March 22

Mar 18, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

Hundreds Protest Firings at Joshua Tree National Park, March 1, 2025

Distress flag unfurled at Cap Rock in Joshua Tree National Park

Mar 2, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

Town Holler: Rep. Obernolte Meets Resistance

In a fractious community meeting, more than 200 Morongo Basin residents insist that their representative tell the truth and do his job

Feb 24, 2025 • Kat Talley-Jones

ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council, February 25, 2025

Black History Month, JTNPA takes over the NPS Visitor Center, and a mid-year budget update

Feb 23, 2025 • Natalie Zuk

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