At their Nov. 20 meeting, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors agreed to wait until their December meeting to decide where to deposit the funds from an expiring Certificate of Deposit. About 18 months ago, the District deposited $243,000 in a money market CD which has earned them about 5.15% interest. The CD…

   In response to the oncoming powerful storm, this morning Caltrans activated approximately 1,200 electronic highway signs statewide to display urgent safety messaging.  “Safety is always Caltrans’ priority, so as a violent storm deluges our state, today we activated our electronic message signs to advise everyone to avoid unnecessary travel during the peak of the…

Editor: The recent theft of the deer sculpture, among other unfortunate happenings around Idyllwild, has prompted me to question whether or not I am a good “community watcher.” As the chair for Idyllwild Deer Sightings, it made sense that I would notice the sculpture missing. What didn’t make sense was that, although the sculpture was…

Members of the Community Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee met last week to review the status of several projects previously approved. This would form the basis of the CSA 38 budget for fiscal year 2018-19, which begins July 1. Through the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (2017-18), revenues from property…