The accompanying article posted here reports on the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission’s discussion of a meeting with Riverside County Fire Department officials at the Emergency Command Center in Perris on Tuesday, March 18. Three commissioners — Jerry Buchanan, president, Rhonda Andrewson, secretary, and Nancy Layton, treasurer — all officers; and the three citizen members…

The Hemet Unified School District board approved allocations for the Common Core State Standard’s funding on Tuesday, Nov. 19. HUSD will receive about $4.5 million this fiscal year and next year to prepare and implement the new approach. Each district school will receive a portion of the monies. Idyllwild’s share is about $8,500 each year….

By U.S. Business AdministrationContributed The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA.“The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses — including…