A Yucca Valley man was arrested Wednesday (June 2) accused of armed robbery following an investigation into a stolen vehicle. According to Sheriff’s reports, deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the Sinclair Gas Station in 55000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley on Tuesday, May 25, around 11 a.m. An unidentified Hispanic mal suspect had entered the business with a silver semi-automatic style handgun and demanded money from the station attendant at gunpoint. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money then fled the scene on foot traveling northwest. Deputies launched an immediate area search with the help of Sheriff’s Aviation, but the suspect was not located.
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff s Office put out a call for volunteers to help care for the nearly 60 horses seized from a north Helena Valley ranch Tuesday amid an investigation into alleged neglect.Â
Sheriff Leo Dutton said a Cascade County horse rescue operation took in 10 of the horses, including a few of the studs, mares and foals. They were problematic horses, Dutton said of the three studs that were making caring for the rest of the herd difficult. The studs are not well behaved.
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton feeds the horses seized by his department earlier this week.
Rick Spitzer/Special to the Daily
The wildlife in Eagle County relies on three basic needs: food, water and shelter. But that is being too simplistic. The needs wildlife has for survival is exceptionally complex, often more than we understand. Many local species are not doing well, and populations are decreasing. Most of the problems for wildlife has to do with people. Do your actions have a positive impact on Eagle County wildlife?
Humans have a huge impact on the health and safety of the various wildlife species found in the county. It does not matter if you are a resident, a visitor, or just driving through Eagle County your activities have an impact on the health of all wildlife that lives here and their habitat.
Finding them in the Ocala National Forest
First described in 2011, the blue calamintha bee, Osmia calaminthae, was known from only four locations on Lake Wales Ridge until museum researcher Chase Kimmel documented new populations in 2020. Over the past two field seasons, Kimmel and field technician Clint Gibson have observed the bee at 11 new locations, including the Ocala National Forest, giving scientists valuable insight into the species’ potential range.
The bee’s primary home, Lake Wales Ridge, is a 150-mile-long sandy spine running down the center of the state, the remnant of ancient islands in Florida’s distant past. The region harbors plant and animal species found nowhere else, but ranks among the nation’s fastest-disappearing ecosystems, with pockets of natural habitat surrounded by citrus groves and suburban neighborhoods.