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The San Jacinto Post Office is hosting a Passport Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7. The fair will offer passport information to U.S. citizens and accept passport applications. Families and individuals will be able to apply for passports on a walk-in basis without taking time off from work, school or other…
Why not just a subscription? We received a note this past week from a reader explaining why they were rejecting our Membership model: “Why would Ipay $100 a year or more, when I have always paid $39 per year for several years? I will just buy my Town Crier at the market. Do not bill…
At 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, Vitaliy Sukhorukov, 41, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was driving his black 2017 Nissan Sentra westbound on Highway 74, 5 miles west of McGaugh Road, when for unknown reasons he made an unsafe turning movement and ran onto uneven dirt terrain. His vehicle collided with the hill causing damage to the…
COVID declining, but rise expected due to new Omicron strains On Tuesday, March 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration adopted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for second booster shots for older persons and certain immune compromised individuals. Adults 50 years and older are eligible for a second booster of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines…
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…
On June 13 and 14, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors heard County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen discuss the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022-2203, which begins July 1. Several county department heads made requests for more funding beyond the initial level, which Van Wagenen recommended and presented to the board. The total…