Directors at Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District meet in regular session at 4 o’clock today (Feb. 21, 2024). And on down the road in Joshua Tree, the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. At the Hi-Desert Water District directors will grapple with the rising costs of employee medical benefits as well as certification compensation and other items. Today’s meeting takes place at the district office on the highway at Inca Trail. Joshua Basin Water District…

At tonight’s (Feb. 13, 2024) 6 p.m. meeting of the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency directors will consider an increase in fees and a decrease in days. Rapid cost increases are the source of tonight’s review of service line installation fees with recommended fee increases expected to appear on the March agenda. Also tonight, the board will consider modifying the agency’s business hours to four days a week, 10 hours a day. In other business, the deadline for applications to fill the agency’s open…

***UPDATE*** This meeting has been concelled for weather concerns The mere mention of FP-5 or Fire Protection Zone 5 makes many property owners in our county see red, not because they don’t believe County Fire doesn’t need the special tax, but because the tax went into effect without the approval of most of those affected as required by prop 218.  Now, on the March 5 Presidential Primary Ballot, property owners will once again be able to vote on whether or not to keep the tax in place. The signs…