The highlight of the Jan. 13 meeting of the directors for the Pine Cove Water District was the recognition of PCWD as a District of Distinction through the Special District Leadership Foundation. At the initiation of Assemblyman Brian Jones and Sen. Jeff Stone, the state Legislature approved a Members Resolution 13 in October honoring PCWD,…

Well levels are lower at Fern Valley Water District owing to a drier than normal winter. Prior to the storm that dropped eight inches of snow in Idyllwild and 13-1⁄2 inches in Pine Cover and upper Fern Valley, precipitation was about half of what it had been last year at this time. Now it approaches…

GM concerned about dry winter The Pine Cove Water District directors approved a resolution changing the election of directors from odd-numbered years to even years beginning in 2020. Senate Bill 415 passed and signed in September 2015 prohibits political jurisdictions from holding an election other than during a statewide general election if prior off-year elections…