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Riverside has approved a $2.9 billion budget that will cover the next two fiscal years. The biennial capital improvements program assigns about $1.45 billion to each fiscal year in multiple areas, including public safety, homelessness, affordable housing, infrastructure, road maintenance, and support services, according to a statement on the city’s website. …

Victorville is looking for some help in its effort to restore its Old Town, something it’s been trying to achieve for nearly 30 years. The city is asking for “qualified community members” to serve on its Community Revitalization and Investment Authority Board, which the High Desert town is forming as …

The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District has a new headquarters. County officials recently held a grand opening ceremony at the 80,000-square-foot facility at 598 S. Tippecanoe Ave., which puts all of the district’s administrative operations in one building, according to a statement on the county’s website. “Our new headquarters …

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will soon vote on a proposed $9.6 million budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year. If passed, that will be an 11 percent spending increase compared with the current fiscal budget, according to a statement. The new fiscal year begins July 1. “Our priority is …

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has approved a $9.8 billion budget for the 2024-’25 fiscal year, which will begin July. 1. The budget includes $376.3 million for multiple initiatives, including public safety, economic development, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, community projects, and emergency funds, according to a statement on the …

Early next year, construction is expected to begin on 9.3 miles of high-voltage transmission lines that will traverse Riverside, Jurupa Valley and a portion of Norco. Nearly twenty years in the marking, the $720 million Riverside Transmission Reliability Project will give the city – which operates its own public utility …