

Forest Service prescribed burn near Idyllwild Transfer Station
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The U.S. Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn near the Transfer Station on Saunders Meadow Road on Monday, March 5. Further burns will be limited by possible wind conditions in advance of incoming precipitation, according to Forest Service District Fire Chief Dan Felix. Photo by Marshall Smith

January water production was up in the Pine Cove Water District compared to January 2018, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the board at its Feb. 13 meeting. “The January production was a little more water than the last couple of years,” he said. “There have been a few leaks for people [customers], not us.” He…
Following a fairly short Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) Board of Directors meeting Friday where Director Kevin Scott (calling in from Germany) was attending for the first time, the directors held a special meeting to interview three candidates for Walt Bonneau Jr.’s vacant seat. Scott replaced Richard Schnetzer. Both Bonneau and Schnetzer sold their Fern…
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce begins the second year of its reconstituted leadership and revitalization with newly elected officers and an 11-member board. 2011-12 chamber officers Nick Todd, Tara Insurance, president; Richmond Blake, Creekside Postal Services, first vice president; Joann Slater, Slater and Associates, second vice president; David Jerome, Idyllbeast Research Center, secretary; and Kim…
The U.S. Forest Service is doing pile burning Wednesday, Feb. 27, on the Westridge Fuel Break. The start time was 9:30 a.m. Firefighters are targeting about 300 piles.
Fern Valley Water District Board Member Mike LaFata resigned at the end of the Board’s Feb. 20 meeting. He felt that his colleagues did not share his sense of detailed “fiduciary duty.” During his 14 months as a director, LaFata mostly concentrated his attention on reviewing the District’s monthly expenditures, especially the credit card charges….