Dozens of participants rolled, or marched, down Beaumont Avenue Friday, Nov. 11, as part of the annual Veterans Day Parade.

For the 2022-23 school year Alissa Zavala has been appointed as the student representative for the Banning Unified School District Board of Education.

Just about every Sunday Rita Heslop does what she has for more than half a century: she makes her way to her usual spot in a pew two rows from the back of the Banning United Methodist Church in Banning.

The Beaumont-Banning Elks Lodge distributed supplies to homeless veterans at Banning’s Opportunity Village on Thursday, Oct. 6.

BY PAUL PRADO

More than 30,000 spectators celebrated Native American music, art, and dancing at the 31st Annual Morongo Thunder & Lightning Powwow, held Sept. 23 - 25 at the Morongo Indian Reservation near Palm Springs.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

On Sept. 10, the Smiles 4 Seniors Foundation held its 14th annual Bowl-a-Thon at the Morongo Bowling Lanes.

For all the changes that were celebrated at Rangel Park last weekend, one thing stands out: a lone pine that the city had considered removing in order to make way for the park’s remodeling.

Temperatures are forecast to be in the hundreds for the next few days and through the weekend.

There are just a couple more days before the deadline for those who wish to have engraved tiles installed in time for this year’s Stagecoach Days Festival.

Friday morning, July 22, the San Gorgonio Pass chapter of Habitat for Humanity gathered at a vacant lot on E. Wilson Street to break ground on its 15th home to be built in Banning.

On July 1, Reverend Davine Joy Young became the new minister at the Center for Spiritual Living in Beaumont.

Answering to a higher calling, the Rev. Bill Dunn of Beaumont has been named priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Church in Redlands.

Banning resident, Ana Gauck, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Tuesday, July 26.

For the fourth of July the city of Beaumont invited residents and guests to its annual Freedom Fest, featuring a day of picnicking, games and live entertainment.

As a new school year begins, the Beaumont Unified School District Board of Education has appointed two new student trustees to represent the voice of their classmates at the board’s meetings.

The city of Beaumont will host its annual Freedom Festival, featuring live entertainment, food and fireworks at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 4, at Stewart Park, 985 Maple Ave.

To underscore the danger illegal fireworks pose for people, animals and the environment, Riverside County residents could be fined for using them in unincorporated areas. A multi-agency effort to combat the sale, transportation and use of illegal fireworks comes after an increasingly excessi…

On the recently launched digital platform Zencity, visitors to the site can rank 20 suggestions as to what they agree makes Banning “a great place to LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.”

BY PAUL PRADO

On Wednesday, June 8, Banning Unified School District appointed Johnny Baker as assistant superintendent of human resources and approved measures aimed at maintaining and improving safety at the district’s campuses.

Sunday, May 22, was a day of celebration as members and friends of Grace Lutheran Church, Banning observed the 102nd year anniversary of the church’s origin.

BY PAUL PRADO

On May 2 and 22, the Gilman Historic Ranch held its 10th annual Wild West Festival and Western Art Show.

Faith in Action San Gorgonio Pass celebrated the opening of its first community assistance navigation center in Banning on Tuesday, May 17.

De-Jon McNair aspires “to be someone” who could make a difference, having starting out with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass as a second-grader at Central Elementary School in Banning who, back then, had no idea what direction life would take him, or where he would end up.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians awarded nearly $200,000 to dozens non-profit organizations serving local communities as part of the Tribe’s inaugural Community Outreach Awards luncheon, held on Wednesday, April 13.

Banning High School Key Club students are devoting their time to the

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

As part of a nationwide tour that is winding down as it concludes in California, the nonprofit Jordan’s Way stopped by the Banning Animal Shelter Wednesday to participate in an event to help raise awareness and funds for the shelter, which is run by the nonprofit ARE Animal Rescue, which run…

Beaumont High School is excited to finally bring one of the most beloved movie musicals in American cinematic history to the stage.

On March 15, Beaumont Library submitted an online application through the California State Library’s “Building Forward” library infrastructure grant program. $10,000,000 is being requested to help fund a renovation and expansion program to upgrade the Library’s facility to better serve a gro…

BY MARCO SANTANA and THELMA NAVARRO

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS