Twentynine Palms News

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Lance Cpl. Chad Phillips, 20, of Geneseo, N.Y., getting his neck measured while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Uncertainty remains as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tries to round up support for a key procedural vote on health care tomorrow that looks to block Republican filibuster efforts.

A U.S. military court demoted and jailed a soldier for mistreating troops in Iraq, behavior discovered during the investigation of another soldier's suicide.

U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Palczewski from Alfa Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, guides his combat vehicle while on a presence patrol to Nadeem Village, Iraq, on Mar.

This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Lance Cpl. Chad Phillips, 20, of Geneseo, N.Y., getting his neck measured while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

An estimated crowd of 30,000 people lined Palm Canyon Drive on Wednesday for the 13th annual Veterans Day Parade in Palm Springs.

A Coachella Valley pilot is using his skills to help local Marines get where they need to go.

The 2006 Republican primary for the Inland area's 65th Assembly District was one of several legislative campaigns that spring, seemingly just one more expensive intra-party brawl of candidates and special-interest spending.

Two Twentynine Palms men were hospitalized with serious injuries after a car they were riding in veered off a road, became airborne and struck a power pole Thursday.

News Channel 3 confirms a Combat Center Marine, Sgt. Winsly Leonce, has been charged with kidnapping, criminal threats, and discharging a firearm within the city limits.

TWENTYNINE PALMS - A 26 year old woman tells of how she was accused of a crime, kidnapped, and threatened with a gun near the marine base.

A Twentynine Palms woman was kidnapped Sunday and driven around for several hours until sheriff's deputies found her using a GPS locator on her cell phone.

The Marine Corps will expand its use of special effects in infantry training next year, with an expansive urban training facility anticipated in Hawaii and high-tech immersion trainers planned in North Carolina and California, Marine officials said.

Pacific Northwest ultra cyclists dominated this year's epic Furnace Creek 508. Bellinghamster Brian Ecker finished 3rd behind Seattleite Chris Ragsdale and Spokane resident Michael Emde.

Detectives said a second person has been arrested in the deaths of 50 ducks at a children's zoo in Cedar Rapids.

Detectives say a second person has been arrested in the slayings of 50 ducks at a children's zoo in Cedar Rapids.

The Indian Wells Rotary Club presented more than $6,000 worth of cash and gift card donations to local middle schools and active duty servicemen at the Twentynine Palms Marine Base.

In this weekly feature, The Desert Sun spotlights valley firms performing good deeds.

Mary Garcia, with her son Andrew, 4, is planning to attend her sister Sgt. Eduviges Wolf's funeral in South Dakota.

Reporting from Twentynine Palms Marine Base, Calif. -- As Marines train to deploy to war zones, there is daily discussion about how to detect and disarm the buried roadside bombs that are the No.