A woman lost in the wilderness Sunday made it to a house and called 911 while the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was responding. A call had gone out for a helicopter to help with the rescue but was not deployed, according to Capt. Ray Wood of the Hemet Sheriff’s Station. “We picked her up at…
An increase in water rates may be in the future for Pine Cove Water District customers. At the director’s meeting on Jan. 14, General Manager Jerry Holldber provided a preliminary report on the district’s future finances. Holldber was following up on several recommendations that Terry Shea, partner at Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott LLP, the…
Taxes and health insurance are merging this spring. As the current open enrollment period for Covered California ends Feb. 15, tax season has started, and whether one has health insurance will be asked on the 2014 tax return. The “shared responsibility payment” takes effect for 2014, and many who were uninsured will see an impact…
Chris Kramer, formerly the first vice president of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, was chosen as its new president at the Jan. 13 meeting. Former President Michael Esnard told the board he and his wife planned to move in the spring and he would step down as president, but will remain on the board…
A one-vehicle traffic crash resulted in the death of a Mountain Center man Monday evening about a half-mile east of Keen Camp Road on Highway 74. California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Murawski said the man was driving a Toyota Tacoma westbound near the speed limit when he drifted off the highway and hit a tree…
Michael David Austin, 45, of Idyllwild was arrested on Dec. 18 for violation of his parole. On Dec. 29, he admitted the violation and Judge Judith Fouladi sentenced Austin to Riverside County jail for 135 days. The violation was Austin’s failure to report to a Salvation Army drug or alcohol treatment program, according to his…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day are: • Area post offices • BBVA Compass Bank • Fern Valley Water District • Hemet Unified School District • Idyllwild Health Center • Idyllwild Library • Idyllwild Nature Center • Idyllwild Water District • Pine Cove…
Last week, Sen. Jeff Stone (R-28th District) announced his appointment to serve on four major committees and one Budget Subcommittee in the California State Senate. Stone will serve as vice chair of the Natural Resources Committee and also of the Labor and Industrial Relations. He also will serve on the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,…
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $113.4 billion budget for the fiscal year 2015-16, which begins July 1, and is about $1.5 billion more than the current year budget. The budget is balanced and sets aside $2.8 billion in the state’s rainy-day fund. While Brown did not have to deal with the expansive deficit he faced…
The Mile High Radio Club is moving forward with implementing the agreement with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District to operate WNKI. Despite MHRC board member Jeff Smith’s concerns raised privately to President Bill Tell and publicly, members at the Jan. 8 meeting felt they had the talent to capably and prudently carry out their responsibilities…
