Last week the Crier took a tour of Idyllwild Water District’s (IWD) wastewater treatment plant, in service since 1970. IWD recently approved a five-year program of rate increases to pay for a replacement for the facility, at a projected cost of over $7 million. Funding also is being sought from the state to lift some…

Winter returned last week, not just a brief Mother’s Day snow, but several days of near-freezing temperatures, which resulted in fireplace smoke in the sky and thermostats in overtime. Spring temperatures were driven into hiding Monday through Wednesday, as the 30s and 40s were the daytime highs. Some precipitation accompanied the winter climate, but the…

While the motions between the District Attorney’s office and Robert Pape’s attorney became more heated, the contention between the prosecutor and defense ultimately became moot when the DA’s office dismissed its charges against Pape for the 2006 triple homicides in Pinyon. Whether Riverside County DA Paul Zellerbach would have to appear as witness to be…