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DAMPING GLAMPING! The intensely controversial issue of allowing a permanent commercial “campground” in a Rural Living Zone has been a hot button for months in meetings of the Homestead Valley Community…
DATE/TIME: Friday, February 24, 2023 / 9:17 a.m. INCIDENT: Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Criminal Threats, False Imprisonment, and Child Endangerment LOCATION: 600 block of Covelo Ave., Landers SUSPECT(S): Stephen…
HVCC THIS MONDAY! Guest comments are always first on the agenda at the monthly public meetings of the Homestead Valley Community Council (HVCC). Make your voice heard on any County,…
SOUP’S ON! • Bring your bowl, bring your spoon and bring 4.00 to enjoy the Johnson Valley Souper Supper. Or bring a soup and get in free! This long-standing tradition…
FIRST DAY OF WINTER At last, we’ll soon have more daylight – the Winter Solstice has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. To earthlings, it looks like the sun stands still.…
THE PRECEDENT • Well, we told you so. The controversial “glamping” development south of Flamingo Heights on a property zoned for Rural Living met with objections on many fronts when…
MOVIN’ ON • If you missed last Saturday’s Holiday Dinner, you missed a treat! We actually may be allowed to hope we can settle back into our pre-lockdown groove as…
TOY DRIVE UPDATES • The Homestead Valley Community Associations’ Toy Drive to benefit Mara’s Christmas Wish in Yucca Valley is off to a good start! Even on short notice, the…
TURKEY TWIST • This Saturday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m., you are invited to our traditional early kickoff of the upcoming holiday season. But this year it’s turkey dinner with…
On October 4th, at approximately 4:55 p.m., a crash resulted in a fatality in Landers. A 29 year old male from Landers was driving a 2006 Nissan Frontier northbound on…