Mama Lizzie and her four babies are safe in the ARF house: two females and two males about 3 months old. Mama is about 1 year old. They are all social...
Past Tense: August 21, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Ernie Maxwell and Martin Aguirre headed a group to plant trout fingerlings in the back country. 60 years ago - 1954 Local r...
Another Point of View: Conflicts abound within Idyllwild Fire Department
Three people came forward to speak at the Idyllwild Fire Protection District meeting on Aug. 12. All three had testified before the recent grand jury...
Off the main roads: Leading a group hike …
You’ve been asked to lead a large group of your friends out into the wilderness. Holy responsibility, Batman. What do you do? Don’t panic. Just follow...
Out Loud: Community spirit …
Former TC Publisher Grace Reed established the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award in 2011, the year Emax would have turned 100. The award recognizes...
Past tense: August 14, 2014
65 years ago - 1949 Jim Wellman displayed a 140-pound mountain lion, the 30th one he had killed in the mountain region since he began trapping as a bo...
Creature Corner: August 21, 2014
Lily is in her forever home with her favorite human. So that leaves Lulu, the last of the Chihuahua sisters. She is about 6 months old and she’s all a...
Before Our Time: Desert Sun School
For nearly a century teaching and learning have been major activities in and around Idyllwild. Among the schools and camps responsible, one of the mos...
Fire and Forest: Fire Adapted Communities …
A fairly new term in wildfire policy is “Fire Adapted Communities.” Important fire organizations have placed a new emphasis on this concept over the l...
Readers write: Faith in IFPD …
Editor: I recently had a medical emergency at the end of July. I had fainted and the Idyllwild Fire Department was called. With a quick response and a...