Hydrant service to be extended The County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee met for the first time in nearly a year. At this point in 2018, the committee was formulating its fiscal year 2018-19 budget. Last week, the committee discussed the status of that budget and began preliminary deliberations over the FY 2019-20…

Water rates will increase with conservation The Idyllwild Water District directors adopted a new water-shortage policy and rate structure at their Nov. 21 meeting. The new policy defined five water-emergency stages (see accompanying table), customer responsibilities to conserve water during the various stages, and the authority to raise water rates during the three most stringent…

Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) will continue to increase its security presence during the 2019/20 school year with several new initiatives. This past school year, the district transitioned from a supervision model to a security model and added several physical security improvements to provide a better learning environment for students and staff. In an effort…