Idyllwild’s Dr. Richard Goldberg (front center) was recognized at the third-annual Public Health Community Champion Awards last week. Goldberg represented the 3rd Supervisorial District. The other awardees were (front row, from left) Robert Roy, Gabriel Maldonado, Aurora Wilson and Melanie Nieman. Also shown in the back row (from left) are Susan Harrington, director of the Department of Public Health; 5th District Supervisor Marion Ashley; 1st District Supervisor Kevin Jeffries; Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the county Public Health officer; 4th District Supervisor John Benoit; and 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington.

By JP Crumrine Correspondent For those of you who were really swamped from the winter weather emergencies or preparing your state and federal taxes last week thinking the deadline was Oct. 16, it is now Thursday, Nov. 16. Yes, at the last minute, both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the state Franchise Tax Board…

  “We’re looking for volunteers to help us with Point-In-Time, an annual counting of homeless within the community,” stated Supv. Chuck Washington, 3rd District. The Point-In-Time census will be held Jan. 27, 2017, throughout Riverside County. “This count is used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development not only as a measure of the…