The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce board of directors continues to try to reach some settlement with David Roy, according to President Chris Titus. After announcing they were considering dismantling and auctioning the monument, which the chamber had commissioned from Roy, Roy has made two separate settlement offers to the chamber, he said.

The chances of preserving the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog have taken some set backs in the past two years. Not only has the severe drought taken its toll on the frog’s habitat, but the torrential rainstorms, which drenched the Mountain Fire in July 2013, severely damaged the habitat of one of the few remaining natural…

The directors of the Fern Valley Water District will consider a water-rate increase in April. Board President Robert Krieger and Director Trisha Clark, who compose the Rate Committee, said they will submit a recommendation to the full board to consider next month. The report from Webb and Associates, a water-engineering firm, has been received and…

Third Quarter monitoring of the underground storage tank at the Village Food and Fuel site (Shell Station) produced mixed results since the June sampling. Several hydrocarbon readings increased at Monitoring Well no. 1, while the overall trend continued to diminish, according to the engineer’s report from Robert Manning, project manager and senior geologist for the…