FVWD GM discusses potential pipeline leaks and future rate study
By JP Crumrine
In a brief meeting, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors heard General Manager Victor Jimenez discuss current and future projects. With a small snowfall (through January), groundwater continued to be an important source for FVWD. In January, it remained about one-third of total production, the same as December. However, overall production declined some…
Much of last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Commission meeting was devoted to a discussion of wildfire readiness, evacuation planning, and emergency alerts. The issue of emergency planning was also a topic at the Riverside County’s Board of Supervisors’ July 23 meeting, the same day as IFPD’s meeting. (See accompanying story on page A3.)…
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission will meet to discuss and take actions to ensure sufficient cash to pay bills for the next several months. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Idyllwild Fire Station. Options that will be considered include cashing out its $125,000 certificate of deposit and…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday from some hikers who saw a body along Highway 74. Shortly after, the California Highway Patrol also was called. The body of a female was found, and her decomposition had proceeded such that her race was not identifiable from observation. The Department’s…
By JP Crumrine Correspondent This past summer’s forecast of a strong El Niño has been somewhat disappointing, perhaps, for Hill residents. While last year’s precipitation washed away the drought conditions, so far this water year (Oct. 1 to Sept. 30), precipitation has been sparse and far less than average. For the first four months of…
New Town Crier Members are adding more good support to our community’s newspaper. Eighteen brand-new Members have joined during the first three weeks of our second Members year. And another 123 Charter Members already have renewed — 14 more during this past week. That brings our currently active membership to 671, all of whom are…
July 17 date for bond measure decision On June 19, the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees adopted the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19, and the Local Control and Accountability Plan. Both were presented to the board at the June 5 public hearings. “Both the budget and the LCAP plan were passed without…
