Based on a recommendation from Frey Environmental, the consultants to the former owners of the Pine Cove Market and gas station, the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health is preparing to close the leaking underground storage tank case. The draft closure summary reports, “Vapor and groundwater sampling show a major reduction of hydrocarbons in soil…

Calvary Chapel is distributing USDA Farmers to Families food boxes starting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Idyllwild Community Playground site on Highway 243. Boxes contain protein, dairy and produce. Distribution will end by 1 p.m.

Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 18, to observe President’s Day: Area post offices BBVA Bank Fern Valley Water District Hemet Unified School District (Closed Feb. 18-22.) Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Water District Pine Cove Water District Riverside County offices U.S. Forest Service These will be open: Fern Creek Medical Center Idyllwild…

As expected, Garner Valley residents, who are customers of the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, have filed a lawsuit opposing the board’s December decision to raise water rates. On Dec. 20, 2018, the LHMWD adopted water rate increases for all of its customers — in Hemet, Valle Vista and Garner Valley. The district did recognize…