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At left, an anonymous protest misdirected because Supervisor Jeff Stone has said he made the decision to cancel the local recreation contract. Photo: J.P. Crumrine


More forecast for next weekend — maybe snow, too It’s early for April showers and late for a normal rainfall year, but the first 10 days of March 2018 have brought much-needed precipitation to the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded slightly more than 1 1/2 inches of rain from Saturday morning…
Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Chief Financial Officer Hosny Shouman processed a payment cashing out 160 vacation hours in October of 2019, when the district was without a general manager to approve that vacation payout. The sign-off on the payout did not occur until early December. Former General Manager Michael Creighton was fired from his position…
The hours for access of Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet have been extended for the Memorial Day weekend. On Friday, May 10, Terri Kasinga, chief, Public and Media Affairs, Caltrans District 8, announced that the highway will be open, with the use of escort vehicles, from 6 a.m. through midnight Saturday, Sunday and…
The Directors of Pine Cove Water met on Wednesday, June 26, as there hadbeen no quorum on their usual date. With board members Vicki Jacubac andLou Padulla absent, three directors were present to make a quorum,President Robert Hewitt, Becky Smith, and Rose Venard. The board heardgood news about water loss figures, began discussions about replacingtheir…
A house fire in Pine Cove was contained to 20 percent of the structure Thursday night, Oct. 17. The 1,500-square-foot, single-story family dwelling was reported on fire about 9:15 p.m. In less than hour, firefighters from Station 23 (Pine Cove) and other Riverside County/Cal Fire stations had the fire contained and most of the building…