Jerry Holldber, general manager of Pine Cove Water District, clears boulders off Highway 243 as Pine Cove Engine 23 stands guard.
Photo by Becky Smith

PCWD and Pine Cove Engine 23 to the rescue
By Jack Clark
Jerry Holldber, general manager of Pine Cove Water District, clears boulders off Highway 243 as Pine Cove Engine 23 stands guard.
Photo by Becky Smith

The Fern Valley Water District directors adopted a revised policy manual at their July 17 meeting. The major sections included the board of directors, board meetings and general policies such as budget preparation. The Rate and Revenue Subcommittee, composed of directors Robert Krieger and Trisha Clark, did not meet this month. Consequently, nothing was reported…
Michael Harrison, deputy district director for Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter (CA-50), announced in 2014 that he would run for the seat currently held by termed-out Republican Assemblyman Brian Jones (AD 71), which becomes vacant for the 2016 election. He recently visited Idyllwild and met with Town Crier publishers Becky and Jack Clark, News Editor J.P….
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24, to observe Thanksgiving Day: Area post offices BBVA Compass Fairway Market Fern Valley Water District (also Friday) Hemet Unified School District (also Friday) Idyllwild Health Center (also Friday) Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Pharmacy Idyllwild Transfer Station Idyllwild Water District (also Friday) Pine Cove Water District…
The victim of a fatal solo motorcycle collision on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, has been identified as David Reed. The 42-year-old Hemet man collided with a tree and then a concrete wall on Highway 243 just south of Riverside County Playground Road at about 5:20 p.m. He died at 6:31 p.m. in an Idyllwild Fire ambulance.
After a lengthy discussion on two items, the Idyllwild Water District directors moved forward on the current water-emergency condition status and its wastewater treatment plant. IWD is returning to a Stage 1 Water Conservation Emergency that began September 2013. (See separate story in this issue.) While the current board has rejected the need for a…
Cal TRANS and the Riverside County Department of Transportation have scheduled a meeting at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23 at the Valley-Wide Recreation Center in Winchester. the meeting will be an opportunity for the highway project team to provide information abou the proposed widening of State Route 79 from Domenigoni Parkway to…