Hemet Unified School District directors adopted a $200 million budget last week that will produce a $16.7-million deficit for fiscal 2014-15, which begins July 1. The current-year budget also has a projected $5.2-million deficit. By fiscal year 2015-16, HUSD believes the two years of losses will be reversed. Next year’s $203.4-million budget is nearly $27.6…

Riverside County plans to close one of two former underground leaking fuel sites in Idyllwild and test whether hydrocarbons, which have seeped into the ground at the second site, can be removed without any soil disturbance. On April 11, the Department of Environmental Health sent a letter to Nick Sanden, owner of the Village Food…

As reported last week, John Cook resigned from the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. He has served eight years. The new board has notified the Riverside County Register of Voters and requested applicants for the vacancy to submit a letter of interest and a résumé describing their qualifications to the board by Dec. 30….