Readers write: Fire protection …

Editor:  Though several people in Idyllwild have generously attempted to explain to me the areas of great consternation that surround the Idyllwild Fire Protection District,...

Readers write: Idyllwild, don’t be silent …

Editor:  Are the citizens of Idyllwild willing to stay silent while a handful of Pine Cove residents and this newspaper does everything in their power...

Out Loud: So, whom do you believe?

BC: I’m taking a break this week to let Jack Clark comment.   You’ve read the grand jury’s account of sworn testimonies it received from present...

Past tense: July 24, 2014

65 years ago - 1949 Street lights came to Fern Valley Corners.   60 years ago - 1954 Members of the Riverside Community Settlement Association were the first...

Creature Corner: July 24, 2014

Little purrs and four paws up to our youngest kitten, Suki. Didn’t take her long to find her forever home. Miss Sadie is about 3...

Readers write: Standby charges contribute to water shortage

Editor: I recently received a copy of your article on the Pine Cove Water District budget and standby charges. The article also reported on emailed...

Open Government 101: Testifying before the grand jury

So you’re called to testify before the grand jury about something you witnessed  — saw or heard — regarding an investigation before them. While...

Readers write: Will IFPD punish the whistle blowers?

Editor:  How have we gotten to this point? The county grand jury has issued disastrous findings regarding the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. Community members, firefighters and...

Creature Corner: July 17, 2014

Paws up to you Miss Ethel Mertz. Posing pretty for the picture worked, along with having that smile, cause she wagged her way right...

Out Loud: One year ago …

A year ago today (Tuesday), July 15 — and it was Monday last year — just before 1:45 p.m., I heard a smoke report...
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