Trio of female athletes, all starters for WVHS, lead the way for future female football hopefuls

HEMET, Calif., — When opposing football teams line up on the fifty-yard line against West Valley High School some of the opposing competitors are surprised to see junior Vanessa Ledbetter and sophomore Ciara Green facing them on the team’s starting roster. They are further surprised – and often shocked – when the two female players help lead the Mustangs to […]

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Hemet students suspected of involvement in large fight, shots fired at popular park near WVHS campus

HEMET, Calif., — Residents who live near Hemet’s Brubaker Park were shocked yesterday to see a large fight break out followed by shots fired and people fleeing from the area in every direction yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, Sept. 22. Responding officers, who converged on the area from around the city, found shell casings and ultimately detained several juveniles believed to have been […]

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Stolen from WVHS, Mule UTV recovered – Man arrested

COTTONWOOD, Calif. — Saying, “Not on our watch”, Shasta County Sheriff’s Office announced that a side-by-side UTV stolen from West Valley High School in Cottonwood over the weekend was recovered and a man was arrested earlier today, Wednesday morning, March 24. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted parolee’s arrest ends Shasta Lake barricaded standoff BREAKING: Homicide investigation underway after Burney man’s death […]

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WVHS students create online social events as Covid-19 pandemic continues

HEMET, Calif. — With online learning officially underway throughout the Hemet Unified School District and students, families, and staff becoming more familiar with it due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and public health crisis, Hemet Valley High School students have been getting their online education schedules down and are learning to navigate through “synchronous and asynchronous learning,” says HUSD spokesperson Alexandrea […]

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WVHS’s new kindness initiative blossoming into a “Rainbow in the Clouds”

HEMET — As the first day of school approached this year, West Valley High School Principal, Shannyn Cahoon, was looking for a unique way to not only welcome back its former students, but to show its incoming wave of freshman how kind, caring and supportive the school’s staff is. To Cahoon’s surprise, what began as an icebreaker for the school’s […]

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Late-night stakeout leads to arrest after WVHS repeatedly targeted

COTTONWOOD — An Anderson man on probation for possession of dangerous weapons and possession of a stolen vehicle was arrested last week after he was caught in the act of breaking into vehicles to siphon gas and breaking into classrooms and other buildings at West Valley High School in the 3000 block of Happy Valley Rd. in Cottonwood. Following investigative […]

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UPDATE: 4 juveniles, 1 adult, arrested after wild WVHS melee that caused city-wide response

UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. See original story, photos, and videos below. HEMET — Officials have begun releasing information about a wild melee that happened today at Hemet’s West Valley High School and Hemet PD reported this evening that four people, including four juvenile and one adult, were arrested and later booked on a variety of charges related to […]

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Young Hemet bicyclist riding to school hit by van, officials investigating

HEMET — Authorities are investigating a traffic collision between a van and a boy who was reportedly riding a bicycle to school. The accident happened this morning, Tuesday, Sept. 4, near West Valley High School, in the area of Morgan Hill and Mustang Way, in Hemet. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Boy 7, who fell into Whitewater River dies after […]

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WVHS Disturbance Causes 25 Minute “Shelter In Place” Emergency Activation

Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source On Scene Reporter: Eddie George Hemet News   Hemet, Calif.; This morning, at around 9:45 a.m., West Valley High School experienced a disturbance caused by a student who attends the school. The disturbance caused the school to activate their “Shelter In Place” mode as a precautionary measure. The disturbance was caused by […]

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