School’s back in session

By Woody HendersonMCFSC board member Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) secures grants that it applies to fire abatement projects on mountain homeowner properties. We also help educate our community regarding fire safety issues. MCFSC meets once a month. Highlights from the November meeting MCFSC is hosting a public education event where it will screen…

The winter storms severely damaged two local highways, both of which remain partially or fully closed. Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Valle Vista is open daily from 4 to 8 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to midnight. Highway 243 to Banning is totally closed from Lake Fulmor north to Poppet Flats. The result of…

Pine Cove Water District will move to Stage 2 water conservation on June 1, announced General Manager Jerry Holldber. PCWD has been in Stage 1 since April 2014. At the May 13 meeting, Holldber told the directors of his decision to lift restrictions from volunteer conservation to tightened mandatory actions. However, he did recommend that…