Health officials have confirmed Riverside County’s first case of a potentially serious respiratory illness in a teenager from southwest Riverside County. From mid-August to Oct. 7, a total of 628 people in 44 states and the District of Columbia have been confirmed to have respiratory illness caused by EV-D68, according to the federal Center for…

The murder trial of Robert Pape and Cristin Smith for a triple homicide in Pinyon in 2006 has become both suspenseful and slowly and cautiously procedural. While the defendants are being prosecuted for murder, the defense is alleging that evidence was misrepresented to the grand jury, exculpatory evidence was omitted and local politics played a…

At the July 7 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a budget for fiscal 2015-16. While the budget is currently balanced, several department heads, including the Sheriff and District Attorney, acknowledged that additional funding will be necessary before the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2016). But the Board Chair Marion…