The multi-year project to replace the Hurkey Creek Bridge on Highway 74 in Garner Valley is nearing completion. Caltrans estimates the new bridge will reopen to two-lane traffic in mid to late April, said Joy Schneider, Caltrans public information officer. Planning to replace the 1930s-era bridge, the narrowest point on Highway 74, began in 2012….

The U.S. Department of Agriculture-U.S. Forest Service announced its expansion of the Every Kid Outdoors program to include fifth graders. The program already gives fourth grade students and their family members “fee-free access to more than 2,000 sites on national forests and grasslands for the remainder of the 2020/21 school year.”Vouchers are available now through…