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JT Nat’l Park officials close popular Park sites
Graffiti forces closure of popular Joshua Tree Nat’l Park sites The Associated Press Posted: 04/13/2013 08:12:22 PM PDT April 14, 2013 3:48 AM GMT – Updated: 04/13/2013 08:48:25 PM PDT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Acts of graffiti … Continue reading
Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 92252, Basin, boulders, can, criminal, deface, defacing, destruction, giant, grafitti, granite, Joshua, morongo, National, paint, Park, spray, tagger, Tree, Valley, vandal, vandalism, visual, Yucca
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Hi-Desert Cultural Center – June 2012 Lineup
The Joshua Tree Philharmonic has a nick-name: “JPHIL” and for JUNE 2012 they are presenting 8 musical performances at the Joshua Tree Blak-Box Theater Phantom of the Opera 8 Performances The Phantom Of The Opera – Joshua Tree Philharmonic Find … Continue reading
Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 1, 10, 2, 2012, 3, 8, 9, advanced, American, Andrew, Basin, black, blak, Blak-Box, blockbuster, box, Broadway, Cats, center, children, classic, cultural, desert, Evita, Fri, Friday, hi, Hi Desert, hits, Jarrod, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joshua, jphil, June, Lloyd, Maestro, map, matinee, Memory, morongo, musical, Opera, performances, Phantom, Philharmonic, Radnich, rhythm, Sat, saturday, sell-out, south, sun, Sunday, theater, tickets, Tree, Webber
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PhotoInterest – Interacting with our Wildlife
Our Desert Critters - in and around Joshua Tree The desert is home to numerous varieties of wildlife from the tiniest of insects to big horn sheep, coyotes and Bobcats, and yes, lizards too. This is a 7-inch Desert Gecko sitting atop the … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Desert's Wild Critters, Reptiles, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 29-palms, Basin, bird, birds, bunnies, bunny, cottontail, desert, desert wildlife, dove, endangered species, Gecko, iguana, insects, jack, Joshua, king, kingsnake, lizard, love, lovebirds, Mojave, morongo, rabbit, road, Roadrunner, runner, scorpion, snake, tortoise, Tree, turtle, Valley, wildlife, Yucca
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What is an NCHR?
This article is ”almost” an answer to a JoshuaTreeStar visitor’s question posted under the “Poll-FAQs” heading: http://wp.joshuatreestar.com/?page_id=4471 “What is a NCHR? Do my taxes go up? Who’s in charge? What happens to my property value? Does it create jobs? I have … Continue reading
Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region
Tagged 1978, 29-palms, 92252, 92277, 92284, Act, appropriation, artifacts, Basin, calif, California, city, Congress, conservation, County, department, dept, ebey, ebey's, enhancement, existing, fauna, federal, foliage, government, historic, historical, history, house, interior, Joshua, land, landing, law, local, management, morongo, National, nature, NCHR, nps, palms, Park, preservation, preserve, protection, public, recreation, Regulation, rehabilitation, representatives, reserve, rocks, rule, Senate, Service, state, stewardship, trails, Tree, twentynine, usage, Use
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Issues concerning the Morongo Basin – Pro or Con?
The current issues Pro or Con… yea or nay This is likely to turn into an “editorial” more than a “news” article. Bear with me. Various “issues” are always in the “works” so-to-speak, in any diverse community, even between differing … Continue reading
Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things
Tagged 29-palms, Basin, issues, Joshua, landers, local, mesa, morongo, National, Park, Pioneertown, registered, Tree, twentynine, Valley, vote, voter, voters, Yucca
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GAS PRICES ON THE RISE — AGAIN
Gas Prices Top $4.35 in Morongo Basin California Expected to exceed $5.50 before Memorial Day Posted noon Sunday Feb 19, 2012 While Death Valley California has the highest gas price in the nation topping well over $5 per … Continue reading
Posted in Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources
Tagged 29-palm, auto, Basin, car, diesel, fuel, gal, gallon, gas, Joshua, morongo, palms, premium, price, regular, Tree, truck, twentynine, unleaded, Valley, Yucca
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Alternative Energy – Boon or Boondoggle?
Alternative Energy Projects Zero in on Morongo Basin with Joshua Tree and 29-Palms in the forefront. Who benefits? Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:51 pm Energy projects zero in on Basin By Courtney Vaughn, Hi-Desert Star – Yucca Valley MORONGO … Continue reading
Posted in Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region
Tagged 29-palms, alternative, Basin, bed, Courtney Vaughn, Dale, desert, dry, energy, generators, government, hi, Joshua, lake, megawatts, morongo, Our, power, sanction, Save, SEPV, sod, solar, Star, Sunfair, Tree, twentynine, Valley, wind, wonder, Yucca
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Joshua Tree Star web site featured in local newspaper
Saturday, November 19, 2011 - in the Hi-Desert Star — Yucca Valley (A comment first: I appreciate, greatly, the inclusion of my web site as a human interest story in the Hi-Desert Star newspaper. After several emails, and a couple phone calls from … Continue reading
Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources
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