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Photos: Hemet High School Class of 2014
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Hours after thieves broke into the Mountain Center Market and took the ATM machine, two men were arrested on Highway 74, just west of the Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station. The break-in occurred during the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 14, and the security cameras, which owner Shane Stewart has in all of his…
Despite the National Weather Service’s (NWS) continued prediction of a La Niña winter weather pattern and the lack of precipitation in November, the past week and, perhaps, the rest of December, may be markedly different — wet. A Winter Storm Warning for early Tuesday morning through 2 a.m. Wednesday morning was issued Monday morning. Besides…
Following a closed session, the Idyllwild Fire Commission announced that the career firefighters have accepted a seven-percent pay reduction. The cutback is effective immediately and will first be seen in the March payroll covering the whole month of February. Commission Vice President Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly thanked the firefighters for helping the district and residents….
In an effort to reduce plastic bag waste, promote recycling and make apositive contribution to planetary sustainability, Fairway Market hasdecided it will stop offering plastic bags at its checkout laneseffective Friday, April 12. Research shows the average “life span” of a plastic bag is 12 minutes,yet it takes over 1,000 years for one bag to…
The Mountain Center Post Office, which was closed due to weather until further notice, has re-opened. Acting Postmaster Gary Hartwell was on duty Thursday, Feb. 21, despite having to drive from his home in the Hemet-San Jacinto area. He said the post office will have its usual hours.
The county returned to the most restrictive purple tier Tuesday, Oct. 20 after it was allowed one extra week in the red tier to see if the county could reduce the case rate. The county entered the red tier of the state’s tier system Sept. 22. According to the state’s tier system, purple means the…