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ON THE AGENDA: Twentynine Palms City Council Meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The year's seventh closed session, a second reading on Council pay raises, a public-records bill worth watching, and a 1% sales tax measure moving…
 • Sarah Kariya and Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Twentynine Palms Tourism Business Improvement District Meeting, May 21, 2026
The TBID board approved funding for Area 29 and discussed grant requirements. Kevin Cole, the new Twentynine Palms city manager, introduced himself…
 • Eleanor Whitney
When Commerce Meets Culture: Art Fairs in the Desert
A special Sad Trombone features a conversation between Cindy Bernard and Bernard Leibov and 90 Miles From Needles Host Chris Clarke
 • The Desert Trumpet
RECAP: Tourism Business Improvement District, April 23, 2026
Event grants and sponsorships are awarded for the second half of 2026, and the board plans to revisit and discuss the application requirements and…
 • Eleanor Whitney
RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, April 14, 2026, Part 1
A Councilmember's move to reconsider the E-Group Solar Project vote is met with silence; the Joshua Tree National Park Association proposes a workforce…
 • Cindy Bernard
RECAP: Tourism Business Improvement District Meeting, March 19, 2026
The board discusses the goals of events sponsorship and updating grant and sponsorship guidelines to emphasize overnight stays.
 • Eleanor Whitney
A Look Ahead: Development in Twentynine Palms
Growth, uncertainty, and big questions for 2026
 • Kat Talley-Jones
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.
 • 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
 • Cindy Bernard and Jonathan Hume
Is Twentynine Palms Experiencing an Arts-Funding Boom?
The Levitt Lands in Twentynine Palms—but it's not the only game in town
 • Kat Talley-Jones
RECAP: Tourism Business Improvement District Board Meeting, November 13, 2025
The board approves, and reopens applications, for grants and sponsorships for events from January to June 2026 with a new deadline of December 31
 • Eleanor Whitney
WATCH OUT - NEXT GEN 29 IS COMING
New leaders signal a generational shift in Twentynine Palms
 • Cindy Bernard
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