The Idyllwild Water District Board of directors has scheduled a special meeting at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24. The first item on the agenda will be an announcement regarding a vacant director’s seat and how the Board will fill it. At the end of the regular Oct. 17 meeting, Director David Hunt announced his intention…

Criminal case hearing next As previously reported, the Riverside County District Attorney has filed three felony counts against Pine Cove resident Pamela Allen, 66, for a March 2017 collision with Julia Romero, 18, of Idyllwild. In parallel with the criminal suit, Romero, through attorney Matthew Poelstra, has filed a civil suit seeking to recover medical…

The Local Control and Accountability Plan was the subject of a lively discussion at Idyllwild School last week. The LCAP is a product of 2013 legislation that changed the method in which the state allocates educational funds. Hemet Unified School District is preparing its third LCAP and has been holding meetings throughout the district to…