After four years, Riverside County is proposing to raise the fees for the residential collection centers in Idyllwild, Anza and Pinyon. At its June 17 meeting, the Board of Supervisors was to set a public hearing on these increases for later this summer. The new fee, $122.74 annually, is a $5.85 increase from the fee…

The two soil vapor extraction wells located on the Village Food and Fuel site (Shell station) have been decommissioned and abandoned. On Oct. 10, Robert Manning, president of R.M. Environmental Inc. of Calimesa, wrote the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health confirming the action. The wells were filled with hydrated bentonite chips and then covered…

The Local Control and Accountability Plan was the subject of a lively discussion at Idyllwild School last week. The LCAP is a product of 2013 legislation that changed the method in which the state allocates educational funds. Hemet Unified School District is preparing its third LCAP and has been holding meetings throughout the district to…

Editor’s Note: California will hold its 2024 Presidential Election onTuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President, the U.S. Senateand Congress, voters will have a choice between incumbent Greg Wallis(Republican) and Democrat Christy Holstege for California’s District 47Assembly seat. Although the election is still two and a half months in the future, theTown Crier wanted…

As of Saturday evening, nearly 4 days after the voting booths have closed, about two-thirds of the ballots cast in the 2018 Election have been counted. According the Registrar of Voters Office, about 355,000 ballots have been counted. Another 200,000, mail-in and provisional, ballots, are still be counted. Based on the number of registered voters,…