In a special meeting last week, a quorum of three Fern Valley Water District directors unanimously voted to change retiree health benefit policy. At the March 28 special meeting, directors adopted a new vesting requirement. Resolution 525 requires employees have 10 total years of paying into the California Public Employee Retirement System, CalPERS, before they…
The U.S. Forest Service has had to cancel its planned “Native Plants and Pollinator Walk” scheduled for this Saturday. The anticipation of bad — snowy and icy — weather is the culprit. Anne Poopatanapong, Forest Service District wildlife biologist, says “I hope to reschedule at a different time.” Stay close to find out when the…
Operating procedures and policies were the topic of last week’s fire commission special meeting and workshop. Commissioner Jerry Buchanan and Interim Fire Chief Mike Sherman presented draft policies, which Buchanan had received from the California Special District Association. “Purchasing Policy” was the first policy, which the commission reviewed. In all, the commission went over 16…
A major fire burned the home of Idyllwild businessman Shane Stewart …
By 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, the Shane Stewart home on Howland Road in Idyllwild’s Fern Valley was completely engulfed. Flames shot 20 feet above the roof line. Area fire companies were on scene, but the dead-end narrow street made access difficult. A bystander who lived nearby said the fire started sometime around 8…
On Monday, April 9, according to Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce Director Lanny Hardy, chamber directors signed a lease with the Riverside County Economic Development Agency for use of Town Hall. The rental terms are similar to those under which ICRC had previously operated County Service Area 36 recreation, with the addition of insurance and liability…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, April 2 to 8, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 1 — Medical aid, Highway 243, Idyllwild. April 1 — Medical aid, Highway 243 and Marian View Drive, Idyllwild. April 3 — Cover assignment, highways 243 and 74, Mountain Center. April…
In March 2006, Chris Duve, 31, formerly of Lake Elsinore and Angela Shaver, 46, of Meadowbrook were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Paul Cline, then 60 and a resident of Old Cary Road in Anza. Jury selection, for separate trials for both suspects, is likely to begin this week. Meanwhile, Judge Kelly L….
Idyllwild residents woke to heavy rain, while those at the higher elevations (Fern Valley and Pine Cove) found a dusting of snow …
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a Planning Commission recommendation for a conditional use permit for the “Market Place at Pine Cove,” owned and operated by Shane Stewart. With the approval, the market is now authorized to sell beer and wine. Stewart noted the permit process began in July. “Now all permitting…
