Caltrans District 8 has released a video warning of sudden road closures due to rainfall, which could cause dangerous conditions along highways 243 and 74. The video states that the possibility of closures could be the reality for Hill residents for the next several years until vegetation has regrown.

A proposed ordinance to regulate commercial cannabis activities in the unincorporated areas of Riverside County moved forward. The Planning Commission voted to send the proposed ordinance to the Board of Supervisors and to further examine the possibility of commercial cultivation within several rural land-use zones. After its June meeting, the commission asked staff to review…

On Monday, Aug. 15, the Idyllwild Town Crier informed IWD General Manager Thomas E. Lynch that the TC was going to publish a story saying that he had taken the exam for State Water Resources Control Board’s California Water Treatment Grade II Operator Certificate (“T2” certification) three times, had failed it all three times, and…