Although the board of the Idyllwild Water District approved annual resolutions establishing restricted funds for the water and sewer districts, decisions on major items, such as the draft ordinance for mandatory recycled water use and the application process for will-serve letters for new construction were deferred to future meetings. The lack of decisions does not…

The June 27 arraignment of one of two defendants accused of a 2006 triple homicide in Pinyon has been moved to July 18 in the Riverside County Superior Court in Indio. Robert Lars Pape, 25, was arrested March 11, 2014, for the Sept. 17, 2006 murders of Becky Friedl, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53,…

Brendan Steele mustered a one-over-par 73 Friday to claim a spot in weekend play at Augusta for the first time. He played the Masters only once previously, in 2012, but missed the cut. This time around, he collected two birdies against three bogeys in second-round play. Brendan goes into the weekend in a tie for…

WNKI, the local emergency radio broadcast (1600 AM), also has a telephone number [(951) 659-WNKI or 659-9654], which can be called from outside the station’s range, said Bill Tell, president of Mile High Radio Club and the local Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services. If no active emergency is taking place, the message will be, “WNKI…