In times when many feel that government is becoming darker and less transparent, the Riverside County supervisors plan to take a step in the openness direction. The county’s policy on electronic media (A-50) requires that all emails — either sent or received — shall be deleted after 45 days. There is no exception. However, at…

No major actions were taken at the July 24 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission. The discussion of a patient satisfaction assessment process continued. Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly shared a draft of a six-question survey with his colleagues. He stressed that a simple questionnaire would be more likely to generate responses than…

As COVID-19 testing increases in Riverside County, so does the number of confirmed cases, but that is expected. As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, there were 371 confirmed cases (up from 59 last week) and 13 deaths (up from six last week) related to COVID-19. There are no confirmed cases in the area…

The Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) held its last meeting as administrator for community recreation, on Wednesday, July 13. On Aug. 1, the Riverside County Economic Development Agency (EDA) will assume control of the County Service Area (CSA) 36 recreation program. The county terminated ICRC’s contract after one year of probationary month-to-month status. ICRC has…

No action was taken at the July 16 Riverside County Planning Department hearing on proposed revisions to the Idyllwild Arts Master Plan, according to Idyllwild Water District Board President Allan Morphett, who attended and spoke at the hearing. “The project was continued to August 20 … No decision yet,” said Matt Straite of the Riverside…