Council works hard to boost our downtown

Despite of an economic recession and a multimillion-dollar revenue shortfall because of our state's financial crisis, Palm Springs is continuing to do everything within its power when it comes to economic development and a revitalization of our community. More

Well in the Desert needs a home to keep serving food to the working poor

Every day, hundreds of people around this great country of ours become homeless. They have lost their jobs, spent their savings and then lost their homes. More

Celebrate loving families on National Adoption Day

There are only two truly joyous ceremonies judges perform. The first being weddings. The second is adoptions. November is National Adoption Month and Saturday is National Adoption Day. More

Saving the Town & Country Center could speed Fashion Plaza project

Saturday's Valley Voice by the vice president of the Wessman Corp. concerning the Town & Country Center was indicative of the mentality and motivation of the people that want to tear down this historic structure so they can make a few more bucks. More

Palm Springs earned its Preserve America honor

First lady Michelle Obama recently recognized the city of Palm Springs as a “Preserve America Community.” More

Help a Mecca school get tools for tomorrow

In these challenging economic times, when the arts have been cut from school budgets, the mission of Tools for Tomorrow is even more imperative: Provide free, on-site after-school literacy enrichment programs integrating writing, drama, art and music in elementary schools throughout the Coachella... More

Yes: Give the general what he needs to win

There will be more troops committed to Afghanistan. More

• Should more U.S. troops be sent to Afghanistan?
• No: Stop wasting lives on a war we can't win

No: Stop wasting lives on a war we can't win

The Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan led to 11 years of destruction and carnage. The Soviets sent in 100,000 soldiers in their effort to subdue and control the country. More

• Should more U.S. troops be sent to Afghanistan?
• Yes: Give the general what he needs to win

Plaza won't work without an east-west connection

The Palm Springs City Council will decide the final wording and components of the specific plan for the Desert Fashion Plaza and the Town Country Center on Wednesday. More

Charter school offer many public choices

The Nov. 5 Valley Voice by Alexis Willis, president of the Coachella Valley Educators Association, contains several statements that I take issue with. More

Don't restrict live-saving remedies to save money

As a young physician in training to become a specialist in kidney diseases in the late 1960s, I was exposed to an experience I will never forget. Dialysis was a relatively new maintenance treatment for kidney failure, a disease that if untreated is always fatal. More