On Thursday, Oct. 26, Richard Latka, 56, of Hemet, was convicted by a federal jury in U.S. District Court of threatening a federal officer. Latka threatened to kill a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer who came to the man’s home to ask about trash dumped in the San Bernardino National Forest. In October 2014,…

The California Fish and Game Commission is considering banning wildlife hunting contests, including for coyotes. CFG Commission is publishing a notice of its intent to adopt regulations relating to predatory mammal-hunting contests. Public comment prior to the meeting was overwhelming in support of this decision. Of nearly 13,000 letters to the commission, fewer than 10…

Negotiations about Idyllwild’s emergency radio station, WNKI, between the Mile High Radio Club and the Idyllwild Fire Department have reached an impasse, according to MHRC President Bill Tell. Since Bob McCullough retired as WNKI’s manager in the fall of 2012, the position has been vacant, although volunteers have kept it functioning. But MHRC offered to…