At last week’s meeting for the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, the directors approved the issuance of Proposition 218 notices for all ratepayers and scheduled a public hearing on Dec. 20 for the proposed new rate structures. While these actions apply to customers in the district’s Hemet, San Jacinto and Garner Valley areas, the proposed…

A small fire resulted in the evacuation of a dormitory at the IdyllwildArts Academy on Sunday, September 15. A letter from Academy PresidentPamela Jordan to the Associates of Idyllwild Arts noted that allstudents were safe and there were no injuries. The displaced studentshave been moved to other dorms, “where many are housed three to a…

After four years, Riverside County is proposing to raise the fees for the residential collection centers in Idyllwild, Anza and Pinyon. At its June 17 meeting, the Board of Supervisors was to set a public hearing on these increases for later this summer. The new fee, $122.74 annually, is a $5.85 increase from the fee…