New HELP Center board introduced

Like all the inns featured in the Idyllwild Inn Tour, the Strawberry Inn wore its festive colors …
Walter Bonneau official resigned from the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors after escrow closed on his house about June 8. Bonneau and his wife Lynne are moving permanently to Arizona. Richard Schnetzer resigned earlier this year after selling his house, and is moving with his wife Pat closer to family up north. The…
For the final Idyllwild Conversation of the 2013-14 season, UC Riverside Professor of Fire Ecology Richard Minnich will talk about forest conditions that exacerbate wildfire risk. Showing photos of the Idyllwild area’s old-growth forests from 130 years ago, as well as from Baja Mexico’s mountains where fire suppression was not practiced until very recently, Minnich…
Floods, mudslides and debris are threatening Hill communities as a result of the Cranston Fire. The Riverside County Emergency Management Department wants to discuss these risks today, Friday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m., at the Idyllwild School gymnasium. County of Riverside agencies and partners will discuss the hazardous conditions and the safety steps community members…
A settlement has been reached between the Hemet Unified School District and the Hemet Teachers Association. The mediated fact-finding process began Monday, Jan. 26. Two days later, late Wednesday afternoon, a proposed settlement was reached. HTA members ratified the tentative agreement Thursday evening. Nearly 95 percent of the HTA membership supported the agreement, which is…
An increase in water rates may be in the future for Pine Cove Water District customers. At the director’s meeting on Jan. 14, General Manager Jerry Holldber provided a preliminary report on the district’s future finances. Holldber was following up on several recommendations that Terry Shea, partner at Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott LLP, the…