The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has opened the Morongo Travel Center, a 32-pump discount gas station. The station, behind the tribe’s first gas station at Morongo Trail and Thunder Road, covers 6.7 acres and includes a dog park, car wash, slot machines and a convenience store, according to a …
Read More »Grant will help Inland minority-owned businesses
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship has received a $200,000 grant from Bank of America, money it will use to help local minority-owned businesses that have been hurt disproportionally by COVID-19. The year-long grant will help the center at Cal State San Bernardino assist approximately 250 business owners create, or …
Read More »Coachella Valley welcomes Acrisure Arena
The multipurpose arena in Palm Springs scheduled to open later this year has been give its official name: Acrisure Arena. The 11,500 seat facility expected to host more than 150 events a year – including the home games of the Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League – is …
Read More »Morongo Casino looking to hire 200 people
The Morongo Casino Resort & Spa plans to hire several hundred people in the next two months, starting with a job fair scheduled to for Feb. 3. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Morongo Grand Ballroom, with similar events scheduled for Feb. 9, Feb. …
Read More »Palm Springs tops two million passengers in 2021
Palm Springs International Airport ended 2021 on solid note. The airport passed two million passengers for the year in December, according to data released Monday. Total passenger count for 2021 was 2,092,943, an increase of 67 percent compared to 2020. That number is inflated because of the pandemic, which caused …
Read More »Thorpe to step down as ONT chief executive officer
Mark Thorpe will step down as chief executive officer of the Ontario International Airport Authority. Thorpe submitted a letter of resignation today and will remain on special assignment until March 31, the day his resignation becomes effective, according to a statement on the airport’s website. The statement did not elaborate …
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