Caltrans begins work on a $4.9 million project to install Zero Emissions Vehicle Charging Stations on I-10 near Banning, Blythe and Yucaipa, weather permitting. Completion date is tentatively May 1, 2024. Caltrans crews begin work at the east and westbound Whitewater rest areas, and the eastbound Wildwood rest area on the I-10. Regular hours of…

Idyllwlld’s Lauren Salter didn’t earn a spot on the 2013-14 National Women’s Skeleton team, but she has only been a skeleton racer for three seasons and still has her sights on the 2018 Olympics to be held in Korea. “We just concluded our team selections, so it was an extremely busy couple of weeks,” Salter…

Friday, July 27, a little terrier was rushed to Sadie’s Clinic after being bitten by a rattlesnake. We administered Benadryl and sent the frantic owner to Hemet, thinking she could get treatment there. Unfortunately, at the places they checked, that was not the case; by the time they arrived at the emergency clinic in Murrieta, it was too late to save the dog.