The Nature Center held its annual end of summer “Volunteer Thank You” dinner Friday evening. Shelley Kibby (standing background), park interpreter at the Nature Center, thanked all of the volunteers for their help over the summer months.

Riverside County will participate in a hazardous-material response drill this week, along with numerous state and federal agencies. The drill involves a simulated response by hazardous-materials teams after anthrax is detected in multiple locations. The drill, from Monday to Friday, Nov. 16 to 20, will include the California Department of Public Health, the California Emergency…

The three California agencies that will regulate the state medical-marijuana industry released their proposed rules for the state system recently, and it appears some of the proposed regulations will conflict with existing Riverside County ordinances. Counties may enact laws that modify or supersede certain aspects of state regulations. In Riverside County, under Ordinance 348 adopted…

At its Tuesday, July 12 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Commission reviewed its end-of-year financial condition and discussed the recent Grand Jury report on the agency. Although the district’s expenses exceeded its income by $235,000, several unique one-time circumstances explain a significant portion of the deficit, said Commissioner Ben Killingsworth. He first defended…