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Excerpts from the July 20 Idyllwild Water District meeting
By Idyllwild Town Crier
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Idyllwild Water District residents will have a choice of five candidates for the three director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Running for re-election are President Jim Billman and Warren Monroe and Dean Lattin, who is in his first election. The two challengers are Steven Kunkle and June Rockwell. Ballots must…
John Sturkie missing since early January A 55-year-old husband and father of four, John Sturkie, has been missing since Jan. 5. His remains appear to have been found. On Monday evening, the Riverside Sheriff’s Department reported, “… human remains believed to be Sturkie’s, pending positive identification by the Coroner’s Bureau, were located and recovered by…
The Bee Fire was reported about 8:40 p.m., Thursday night, July 26. The was in the Bee Canyon area east of the Cranston Station. The San Jacinto Ranger District and CAL Fire Riverside Unit sent a full response. Originally, the fire’s size was estimated to be about 20 to 25 acres On Friday morning, based…
Howard Jarvis plans to appeal litigation dismissal The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed a notice that it intends to appeal the December state Superior Court decision to dismiss the fire prevention fee litigation. Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang agreed with the state’s argument that the case had exceeded its limit of five years without any…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Personnel Committee met with negotiators from the Idyllwild Career Firefighters Association last week. Before entering a closed session during the Dec. 5 committee meeting, Commissioner Jerry Buchanan announced that the subjects were the new California Public Employees Retirement System rules and overtime. The CalPERS issue was a continuation of the…
Four solo-vehicle collisions occurred over the last few weeks on the mountain, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Darren Meyer. On Monday, Oct. 21 at 10:25 p.m., a red 2019 Honda Civic was traveling on Highway 74 one mile east of Keen Camp Road, when for unknown reasons, the driver of the Honda negotiated a…