Last week, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s request for an advance of its December property tax revenue. The district submitted the request for $400,000 in June and the board unanimously approved it. This is the third consecutive year IFPD has needed to obtain an advance to help it…

At their Sept. 10 meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee to encourage and to aid continuous improvement of the Transportation and Land Management Agency’s Planning Department. The Committee met on Sept. 26 and a month later the whole Board supported their recommendation for additional staff. At the Board’s…

Financial issues, primarily the draft fiscal year 2024-25 budget,dominated the May 16 meeting of the Fern Valley Water District’s Boardof Directors. The major budget item was about the District’s unfunded liability forretirement through the California Employers’ Pension Plan Trust Fund.Other items included the warrants, the General Manager’s Report, andwater consumption’s effect on District revenue. Draft…

After deliberating since June 1, a Riverside County jury found a 58-year-old Thermal man guilty of a lesser crime in a case where the defendant was charged with murder in a traffic collision where his baby died on Highway 74 near Mile Post Marker 89. He has been incarcerated in the Robert Presley Detention Center…