Fire department grows in 2016-17: Revenue growth supports salary and benefit increases

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District adopted its preliminary 2016-17 budget last week. The total budget is slightly more than $2 million and about $170,000...

Readers Write: Kudos for the shuttle …

Editor: Kudos to Forest Folk for making the Idyllwild Shuttle Service a reality. And to Riverside County for providing the shuttle and van, but also...

State Route 371 left turn lane project to begin Monday, July 11

The California Department of Transportation will begin work next week on the State Route 371 left turn lane project. The work will be from...

County has new early warning system

Riverside County has implemented a new early warning notification system. The EWNS is used to alert and warn residents and businesses in the county...

Green denied bail reduction, despite family support

Marcus Green, 51, of Thermal, the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May and resulted in the...

Motorcycle crash on July 2

One crash took place on Hill roads over the last week. At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2, Amanda Weilbacher, 26, of Murrieta, was riding her...

Pinyon resident accused of setting multiple fires

Cal Fire investigators made an arson arrest on Wednesday, June 29. Traci Farley, 52, of Pinyon, was arrested for allegedly setting multiple fires in Pinyon,...

Caltrans drops two boulders on Highway 243

One of two boulders above Highway 243 at Deadman’s Curve in Pine Cove is pulled off the steep slope on Wednesday morning. A Caltrans team is removing these so they do not fall unexpectedly on the highway, as one did last January. The crew used air bags to push the second boulder onto the highway.

25 rattlesnakes caught on private property last week

Better Wildlife Control owner Tracy Phillipi said he has captured 25 rattlesnakes on residents’ property in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area this week. He said...

CHP resident officer Ron Esparza retires

California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Esparza is retiring. Since 1999, Esparza has served the Idyllwild Area Post. He and his wife Karleen have been...
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