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…

Phyllis Mueller is completing a stint as tree doctor for the Idyllwild Christmas Tree, the giant Sequoia on the land of Jo’An’s Restaurant in the center of town. “We completed a soil analysis first,” said Mueller. “There was no salt from runoff as some had suspected. The soil was low on magnesium.” Mueller organized the…

At last week’s meeting for the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, the directors approved the issuance of Proposition 218 notices for all ratepayers and scheduled a public hearing on Dec. 20 for the proposed new rate structures. While these actions apply to customers in the district’s Hemet, San Jacinto and Garner Valley areas, the proposed…