For some people who have hearing disabilities, the budding genius of Alex Ivanov may be off interest.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

Shannon Hansen is taking classes at Crafton Hills College (CHC) to prepare for a career in cybersecurity.

The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District will hold the Annual Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 24, and Sunday, April 25 starting at 7 a.m. The children’s Derby will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 24 with lunch and awards following the competition.

BY SUSAN MARTINEZ

Riverside County health officials are relocating several of the COVID-19 vaccine clinic sites to new locations. The changes will take effect at the end of business today (March 19) and the new locations are scheduled to open Monday.

The Morongo Casino Resort & Spa presented a $128,643 check to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass to support the organization’s vital community youth programs.

On Feb.25 shortly before 4:30 p.m., Banning Police Officers were

Beaumont High School’s academic decathlon team took fourth place during the first fully virtual Riverside County Academic Decathlon, which was won for the fourth year in a row by Elsinore High School.

Nate Fakes has always been a fan of game shows, gleefully watching them as he grew up.

Banning took a step to cement a working relationship with the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District in reference to programs at the historic Gilman Ranch and Wagon Museum on Wilson Street.

A year ago, the county threatened to increase Banning’s fees for animal control services.

With quarantine orders relaxed, Fox Cineplex in Banning has reopened, showing current films and offering sentimentalists and romantics a chance to go back in time with limited showings of vintage films such as 1953’s “Roman Holiday” with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck (7 p.m. on Friday, 4:3…

The Morongo, Casino Resort & Spa is looking to hire dozens of new team members to food and beverage positions at a job fair set for Thursday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Morongo Grand Ballroom.

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has announced plans to fill more than 500 jobs across all areas of their enterprise in preparation for phase one of their ambitious casino and resort expansion.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

The reincarnation of what was formerly Pass Area Transit had an unveiling Monday morning, as administrators from the transportation departments of Banning and Beaumont gathered for a brief celebration of their new designs.

COVID-19 contributed to the deaths of two individuals who quietly made a difference in keeping the less fortunate fed and provided for in the Pass area.

The owners of Skydive West Coast, which operates a parachute jumping business out of the Banning Municipal Airport, spurned the optics of what could be seen as a “hand out” and requested not to have three months’-worth of lease be dismissed by the city.

In the last few weeks Beaumont lost a couple of community volunteer heavyweights with the passing of former Beaumont Chamber of Commerce President Jim Lester, and past Beaumont Kiwanis President Fred Magenheim.

As the 1.8 million square-foot San Gorgonio Crossing logistics center was being planned, former county supervisor Marion Ashley had advocated an open space buffer between the facility and the community of Cherry Valley.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

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BY TREVOR CADDELL

Banning congratulated longtime councilman Art Welch and outgoing mayor Daniela Andrade Tuesday evening as they retired as public officials.

As Todd Parton recalls, working with then-incoming Mayor Rey Santos, a lot of discussion took place as to what to anticipate for the coming year: business events, round table discussions, capital projects.

BY ANITA LAWRENCE

The Morongo Health Clinic will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 8 for one day as SoCal Edison replaces a power pole supplying electricity to the building.

Beaumont has approved $163,900 in community development block grants, with $20,000 being given to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass, and the remaining $143,900 will be designated for street and sidewalk rehabilitation projects, and ADA ramp improvements in downtown Beaumont.

This past week Coldwell Banker Kivett-Teeters in Beaumont hosted their second annual food drive and celebrated a huge success!

Usually while most people in the Pass area are celebrating Thanksgiving, on Thanksgiving Day the Hmong population celebrates their new year with guest speakers from other Hmong communities, songs and dances — and lots of food.

Banning moved forward in approving funding for nearly $350,000 in community development block grants applicable to the 2020-21 year, and approved recommendations for $194,000-worth of projects for the 2021-22 program year.

After Banning and Beaumont agreed to go their separate ways when it comes to providing public transportation, “Pass Transit” as society knows it effectively began to fade away as of July 2019, and city buses will only cross connecting cities’ routes at the Walmart stop in Beaumont.

Rosa Y. Gascoigne and husband John are moving to Northern California to be closer to their daughters.

Three homes that participated in the Banning Parks and Recreation's Home Halloween Decorating Contest demonstrate how "spirited" Banning can be.

The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Area in conjunction with Riverside County’s Fifth District Supervisor Jeff Hewitt, recently joined efforts with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; Cabazon Station, Code Enforcement, Behavioral Health, Department of Public Social Service…

Every Wednesday Sandals Church in Banning will be distributing Farmers to Families food boxes in their parking lot at 2637 W Nicolet St. in Banning.

The handover of Bogart Park for management by the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District was celebrated as a rare successful collaboration between three municipalities.

During the early morning hours of Oct. 2, a fire reduced the buildings at Los Rios Rancho in Oak Glen to ashes. The devastation was complete and could have infected the Los Rios family had it not been for their personal faith and the vast community of friends and family coming to their aid.

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David Fenn

The Riverside County Library System reopened many of its branches to the public on Oct. 5.

They were away from home serving their country while classmates were marching in commencement ceremonies.