Leslie Schelly honored by board The Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees held its Sept. 4 meeting at Idyllwild School. After the roll call, Vicky Lovett, an eighth-grade student at Idyllwild School, led the board and audience in the “Pledge of Allegiance.” The first action of the evening was the announcement that the board…

Tim Lange, candidate for the Pine Cove Water board, was appointed to fill the remaining term of former President Mike Esnard, who resigned in June. PCWD President Robert Hewitt told his colleagues that Lange was the only person to submit a letter of interest for the seat. The term ends the first week of December…

The Pine Cove Water District board’s Wednesday, Jan. 12 meeting was quick, even with a closed session at the end.Very little was on the agenda of Interim General Manager (GM) Jeremy Potter’s first meeting following GM Jerry Holldber’s retirement at the end of December.Potter reported that water usage was down almost 200,000 gallons in December…

A crew works to install the lights on the Idy Park Sequoias in preparation for the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday, Nov. 23. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD

A traffic collision over the last week involved a deer, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Sept. 20 at 5:29 a.m., Peter Lynn Swirsky, 35 of Hemet, was driving a Riverside County Sheriff patrol vehicle (2011 Ford Crown Victoria) at 55 mph westbound on Highway 74 just east of Keen Camp…

Stephen Patrick Medlock, 52, a transient, charged with arson for igniting the 2013 Silver Fire, had his July 26 felony settlement conference moved to Aug. 9. While negotiations with the prosecutor continue, Medlock has not received an offer. Since his March 21 preliminary hearing, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has amended the original formal…