The Idyllwild Water District lost two of its five directors in September. Former President James Billman and Director Mike Frietas resigned unexpectedly within the same week. The remaining directors have not be able to appoint replacements because Vice President John Cook prefers to wait and hold an election in March 2017. Regardless of the…
The Hemet Unified School District and the Hemet Teachers Association have agreed to an incentive to encourage teachers to notify the district before the school ends if they plan to retire or leave the district. This year, the district and the HTA have negotiated an agreement that offers teachers who plan to leave the district…
Of the 17 propositions on Tuesday’s ballot, the state’s voters approved all but five. The defeated propositions were: 53, the requirement to gain voter approval before the state can issue or sell any revenue bonds for certain projects, if the bond amount exceeds $2 billion; 60, the adult film condom requirement; 61, which would have…
In a stunning upset at the national level, Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President in January. Nationwide the Republicans held their majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives. In Riverside County, voters gave Clinton 49 percent of the vote, and Trump received…
Editor: We are part of a nation where not a majority of the voters feels its back is against the wall. Middle America felt enough anguish and pain — real or imaginary — that caused a large bloc of citizens to show a willingness to take a risk on an unqualified champion. I was not…
Editor: It is sobering to wake up in a bigoted, politically backward, rightist and racist country. The majority of people who elected Trump, by a very small margin, cannot see past their nationalist views. It is inherently healthy to be nationalist. But not to the detriment of today’s much larger context of the world scene,…
Editor: The Idyllwild Association of Realtors would like to compliment the four parties who came to the Idyllwild Water District directors forum at Town Hall on November 10. All four potential directors showed a sincere interest in helping the IWD work its way through the current issues. All four were well informed regarding those issues…
On average, deer in the wild can live up to 10 years, but with man as either an accidental or intentional assailant, more often than not deer seldom reach 5 years of age. And apparently, what applies to deer living in the wild also applies to the 22 aluminum painted deer of Idyllwild’s Deer Sightings…
The Pine Cove Water District directors unanimously authorized General Manager Jerry Holldber to sign the new lease with American Tower. They are leasing space for communications equipment at the district’s Rocky Point Communications site. American Tower is replacing Verizon on the new lease. Once formally signed, PCWD will receive a one-time $20,000 signing bonus. In…
Presidential elections like the one held Tuesday bring to light the changing political divisions that shape the electorate. While the state of California is perennially and reliably “blue,” with Democrats outnumbering Republicans by two to one, Riverside County has been majority Republican at least since the state’s online registration records went online in 1999. That…
