The majority of Banning’s teachers want to see their students in-person, at least a couple times a week, according to a survey by the school district.

On Feb.25 shortly before 4:30 p.m., Banning Police Officers were dispatched to the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning to take a report of a gunshot victim.

As of March 2 there had been a 61 percent decline in new COVID-19 cases reported in the Riverside County area according to the New York Times, though cases were drastically up from the previous day.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

Banning’s City Manager Doug Schulze seems impressed as he looks around Harvest Corner Friday afternoon, the city’s second cannabis dispensary to open in a month.

In early 2020 Beaumont had received “a proliferation of requests” for tire repair and tire sale establishments in the downtown area, as the city was working on devising its downtown plan, according to Community Development Director Christina Taylor.

The week of Jan. 25 was a mild test for Beaumont’s Police Department and partnering agencies keeping watch on the burn scars marring the hills above Beaumont, left behind from last year’s Apple and El Dorado fires that made nearly 55,000 acres of vulnerable land prone to flooding and mud slides.

Beaumont has been using the California Highway Patrol to handle towing services for traffic collisions and vehicle violations within city limits.

On Feb.16 at 9:11 a.m., Banning Police Department responded to a robbery that had just occurred at the US Bank on South Highland Springs Avenue.

Maybe a surge in coronavirus cases might occur in the wake of large gatherings during the Feb. 7 Super Bowl.

Our Clown Family, a local family of volunteers is participating in a nationwide "Adopt-A-Grandparent" campaign will help nursing staff at local facilities bring a smile to those that have been isolated since the lockdown began with the delivery of a "Balloon Buddy" to each resident in their …

The San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency is pleased to announce that Robert Ybarra, a resident of Banning, was appointed by the SGPWA Board of Directors to fill the Agency’s Director – At Large No. 2 position, on Jan. 25, 2021.

A pre-litigation settlement agreement unanimously approved by Banning’s city council at its Feb. 9 meeting resolves a series of disputes between Banning and Irvine-based Tri Pointe Homes (formerly Pardee Homes), which has been moving along with the 1,543-acre, 4,862-home Atwell master-planne…

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

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BY ANITA LAWRENCE

Beaumont believes that Three Rings Ranch Community Park “serves a severely disadvantaged community,” qualifying it for State Proposition 68 funding.

Beaumont is keeping a close eye on any progress being made through litigation towards the governor in regards to pandemic restrictions.

Kevin Strong of Beaumont, a Federal Aviation Administration employee and QAnon follower, faces federal charges after confessing to taking part in breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6.

BY ANNETTE TRINGHAM

The Cherry Festival, assuming it is held this year, will have to be held somewhere other than Stewart Park — most likely to be hosted by the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District.

It took a lot of interrogation by Banning City Councilman David Happe to be convinced that the Banning Sportsman’s Club is an accessible enough organization to the public — for now.

Initially, the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District anticipated receiving a 35-acre buffer between an approved 1.8 million square-foot logistics center and open space and residential ranch area along Cherry Valley Boulevard.

Riverside County is planning several COVID-19 vaccine clinics for those in Phase 1A (all tiers), 1B (tier 1) and individuals 65 and older.

The Banning Chamber of Commerce usually tolerates the bad weather associated with early January, but this year the market nights that would have been hosted downtown along Ramsey Street on the first and third Friday evening of each month, along with the car shows that occur simultaneously on…

The Boys & Girls Club of the San Gorgonio Pass has been given an extension of its lease agreement with the city of Beaumont that began back in May 2020, and was extended in September.

A 26-member committee mulled through several meetings to determine new school boundaries as it prepares to open Summerwind Trails Elementary School, presumably next summer.

There was no question in Ondi Simmons’s mind as to whether or not she would take advantage of a COVID-19 vaccination shot at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, where she works as a registered nurse.

On Dec. 24, 2020 around 10:30 a.m., officers Banning Police Department responded to the area of the 1000 block of West Ramsey Street to a traffic collision involving a mini van that had collided into the rear of a city of Banning transportation bus.

BY MICHELLE LOPEZ AND KAREN DASILVA

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

If you take a walk in a park or nature preserve, you may hear a songbird singing or a woodpecker tap, tap, tapping on an oak tree, but a few sounds that have become common at these places are missing.