The ''Hi-Desert Star'' is the first newspaper published and distributed in Yucca Valley, Morongo Valley, and

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, located within the southern

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in San Bernardino County, California.

History

The newspaper was first published in April 1957 with backing from the

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, and initially called ''The Desert Star''. However, the name was changed four months later after it was discovered that there was already a '' Desert Star'' newspaper that had been published in nearby

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for the previous 40 years. Ironically, the paper was later sold to the owners of the ''Desert Star''. The paper started as a weekly, ending up published twice weekly, and is currently owned by Brehm Communications, along with 60 other publications in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.

Other publications

The ''Hi-Desert Star'' also publishes: *''The Desert Trail'',

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*''Desert Entertainer'' *''Desert Mobile Home News'' Hi-Desert Publishing's Mountain Division also publishes the ''Mountain News'' in Lake Arrowhead and the ''

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'' in

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