Water usage up over 2018 The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) board of directors approved Rose Venard as its newest member. She replaces former Director Steven King, who resigned Aug. 1 because he and his wife, Paula, moved out of the district. Venard and her husband have owned property in Pine Cove since 2013 and…

Although Hill communities are enjoying cool temperatures this week, dangerously high temperatures — a heat wave — are expected this weekend and into next week, according to the National Weather Service. “Very hot, and potentially dangerous, conditions are forecast for Sunday through the early part of next week …,” NWS reported Tuesday morning, June 14….

The first day of the school for the 2014-15 year is Monday, Aug. 11, and Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer is welcoming new and returning students for the seventh year. Unlike some of the more recent opening days of school, only one new faculty member will be greeting students. Following the end-of-school retirement of Lenore…

The Riverside County Planning Commission approved the conditional use permit for the Idyllwild Community Center site. The commission vote was unanimous, although it did add one additional condition to the CUP. After several months of delay and unexpected postponements, the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board, led by President Janice Lyle, has obtained the approval…