Readers Write: Fire breaks saved our cabin
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Maintained fire breaks saved our Westridge cabin. I am grateful to firefighters for maintaining fire breaks and flying retardant drops.
A friend told me to...
Readers Write: Some advice for emergencies
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My wife Elaine and I have prepared ourselves for emergency survival for the past 25 years or so, starting with the earthquake in San...
Readers Write: Angels and heroes among us
Editor’s note: This letter was received before the Cranston Fire of July 25. It was temporarily lost in the scramble of evacuation.
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was another...
Out Loud: Social media, fake news and your local newspaper
Editor’s note: I’m giving Jack a turn again this week.
“Fake news” is taken to mean one thing at the national level, but something...
Realtor Talk
Hello from the Idyllwild Association of Realtors! What a month it’s been. First off, on behalf of our association (and the community), we would...
Past Tense: August 23, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
At long last, a suitable place was found for a mountain branch of the county library — a small building...
Readers Write: Why are campfires allowed when fire danger is very high?
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I am a “flatlander” and frequent visitor to Idyllwild. On Aug. 12, 2018, I walked from a downtown restaurant to my friend’s home on...
Readers Write: Ambassador Sully
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To wish all the residents well as Idyllwild recovers from the Cranston Fire, we’d like to share the story of our experience with Ambassador...
Readers Write: Africanized bees come to Idyllwild
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We discovered the bees swarming in our backyard on Sunday, Aug. 5. There were hundreds of them flying wildly below the branches of a...
Readers Write: Outrageous
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Numerous hydrants were red tagged by fire crews during the fire. One red tag on Saunders Meadow was even labeled “Broken stem puts out...