Thank you, and a fond farewell
The Sun Runner magazine began publishing on New Year's Day, 1995 in Twentynine Palms. Vickie Waite was the founding editor and publisher....
BLM Opens Millions of Acres of California Deserts to Mining, Energy Development
If there was any doubt about public lands policy under President Trump's administration being based around natural resource extraction...
Celebrating the Artful Life of Marta Becket
She was a driving force brimming with creativity, a performer, a artistic visionary, and a cultural icon of the desert. Marta Becket,...
Take a road trip with us - Route 66 through the Mojave - this September
It all began, really, when I thought it would be fun to do a road trip through the Mojave, along Route 66, with one of the world's...
Adios Vaquita?
Down in the Gulf of California, the smallest member of the porpoise family, the beautiful vaquita ("little cow"), is balanced on the edge...
A Line in the Sand: Hands Off Our National Monuments
A view of the Whitewater River running through the Sand to Snow National Monument, one of the national monuments on President Trump's...
Palm Springs welcomes the incredible Madras Maiden
"Why, it's a flying fortress!" - Seattle Times reporter Richard Williams (upon first seeing a B-17) The excitement among the small crowd...
The Passing of a Legend: Marta Becket has died
She may have been, among so many other things, prophetic. In a smaller mural inside the Amargosa Opera House Hotel, Marta Becket painted...
Support Season 3 of Southwest Stories on KVCR PBS TV: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert
We've launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of Season 3: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert. We've filmed much of the...
From Woodstock... to Joshua Tree: Sridhar Silberfein's Spiritual Journey
Most of us know his festivals—Bhakti Fest, in September, and Shakti Fest, in May. But not that many of us hi-desert folk know the man...
