A question has been raised about the legality of the construction debris fees, which CR&R, the management agency, imposes at the Idyllwild Transfer Station. The last time the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved these fees was June 2014. Resolution 2014-081 authorized the then transfer station management, Waste Management Inc., to continue to impose a…

The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors and staff met last week to discuss the draft District Employee Personnel Manual. The Personnel Committee and staff have been preparing a new manual for several years. IWD legal counsel Joe Aklufi mediated the meeting and took notes on the needed revisions in order to prepare the final…

On Sept. 27, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released its 340-page report. It included 148 recommendations to the administration as well Congress and state, local and tribal governments. Background The commission was authorized as part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It directed the secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security to establish…