Although all Hill water districts have been plagued by leaks from this year’s unseasonably cold winter, Pine Cove suffered the fewest water losses of the three. General Manager Jerry Holldber credited district customers’ cold weather preparations. In the first two months of 2013, PCWD water production was up 17 percent, Fern Valley had a 24-percent…
During its evaluation of Idyllwild Water’s District’s application for grant funds to construct a proposed water recycling plant, the State’s Water Resources Control Board determined that Idyllwild’s population is too wealthy for a significant grant. Instead, the board is proposing a $973,000 loan coupled with about half the grant money. Funding for the facility will…
Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) employee expenses reported to the State Controller. The total salaries, wages and benefit costs for 2011 were $314,219.
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce is apparently free of the restraints on its time and finances from the two lawsuits that local tree carver David Roy and creator of “Harmony,” the town monument, filed. Chamber President Chris Titus confirmed Roy signed the release of the second suit on Monday, March 11. The first suit was…
An unseasonably cold January and February froze customer pipes in Fern Valley driving the water district’s water consumption and sales up dramatically. Consumption increased more than one million gallons over last year’s January and February billing period, which in turn drove water sales up nearly 80 percent — from $21,994 to $39,133. Since the leaks…
CAL FIRE Unit Forester Chief Gregg Bratcher delivered some good news — federal grant extensions — and some bad news — more Goldspotted oak borer infested oak tree …
In 2005 Doug and Mary Austin launched their literacy promotion project at Idyllwild Middle School, the Charles Dickens Essay and Poster Contest …
Members of Idyllwild Arts Academy staff discussed the plans for a new campus health center at last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. “The new health center will be an extraordinary resource for us,” John Newman, Dean of Students and Director of Operations, told the fire commission. He said the new facility would be…
The Pinyon Fire was fully controlled Saturday, March 16. However investigators reported that the charred remains of person was found in a burned vehicle near the fire site. The California Highway Patrol, with investigators from the Hemet station, the coroner’s office, and the Cal-Fire Arson Unit responded to the scene. Based on the condition of…
The Pinyon Fire was fully contained this morning. CAL FIRE, Riversidee County Fire Depatment has stationed an engine and crew at the scene today. The fire, which started Friday, before 2:30 p.m., eventually burned seven acres, but no structures were damaged or threatened.
