On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee will present a series of maps to the 2020 Advisory Redistricting Committee. The intent is for ARC to make recommendations to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on how the supervisorial boundaries should be adjusted based on the 2020 federal census data. The board plans…

Idyllwild Water District residents will have a choice of five candidates for the three director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Running for re-election are President Jim Billman and directors Warren Monroe and Dean Lattin, who is in his first election. The two challengers are Steven Kunkle and June Rockwell. Ballots…

Pine Cove Water District residents will have a choice of three candidates for the two director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Diana Eskew, a board member, who is in her first election, and two challengers — Sharon Kaffen and Timothy Lange — are the candidates. Ballots must be received by…

Mountain Area Safety Taskforce members last week discussed concerns that the county grinding station may be limiting the size of trees accepted at the Highway 243 site. Gregg Bratcher, state forester division chief and MAST chair, was told the grinding station was not accepting wood greater than 10 inches diameter at breast height. No one…