Highway 243 is closed from Banning to Highway 74. However, residents north of McGovern Road in Pine Cove with ID can enter at Banning, according to the Cranston Fire Incident Management Team. Highway 74 is closed from the city of Hemet to Highway 371 at Paradise Corner.

After serving three years as superintendent of Hemet Unified School District, Dr. Barry L. Kayrell announced his plan to retire at the end of this school year. Kayrell has more than 40 years in the education profession. He began his tenure as HUSD superintendent on Oct. 1, 2012. While he doesn’t have specific plans for…

The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) board began a process that may take many meetings to ultimately resolve. General Manager Terry Lyons reported that Idyllwild Arts staff has approached IWD for a “will serve” letters in anticipation of new construction at the school beginning this fall. IWD can provide sufficient water for a new health center,…

Water supply for the Pine Cove Water District is satisfactory and unthreatened, according to General Manager Jerry Holldber, who gave his annual water report at the board meeting Wednesday, June 8. “We’ll stay in Stage 2 [emergency water restrictions] but still apply Stage 1 rates to customers,” he announced. “Moisture is almost normal … and…