Editor: I went to the May 13 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District just to see what I had missed after months of not attending. Their fina...
Concert Review: Marion View Ensemble
Fine music enthusiast Art Connor of Idyllwild will periodically review local concerts. This column covers the Marion View Ensemble Concert last Sunday...
Readers write: Finding future water sources
Editor: I must say I am left a bit confused by a couple of articles in last week’s paper. The water districts appear to be separately discussing water...
Another point of view: Last week’s county-wide fire drill
By John R. Hawkins Fire Chief Editor: I write to you as the Cal Fire Riverside County fire chief, president of the Riverside County Fire Chief’s Assoc...
Past tense: May 29, 2014
A Russian brown bear in a cage at Snow White Laundy in the 1960s. Laundry owner Bill Neuhoff owned the bear. Clarence Bischof, owner of the Lumber C...
Open government 101
By Peter Scheer, Executive Director First Amendment Coalition Prop 42, on the ballot for California’s June 4 election, will amend the Constitut...
Science and reality today: Do we have free will? (Continued) …
In November 2012, I wrote a column titled, “How truly free are we? A scientific point of view …” where I argued that free will is an illusion, but a p...
Readers write: IFPD looking out for taxpayers
Editor: In a recent editorial column, Becky Clark wrote that if Idyllwild Fire Protection District replaced the Riverside County Fire Department emerg...
Creature corner: May 22, 2014
Ethel is ready to move on as long as she has a very active family or a young canine playmate to grow up with. This young girl is under 1, and loves to...
Out Loud: Kudos to Mr. Buchanan …
Kudos to Jerry Buchanan, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission president, for speaking up at last week’s IFPD meeting to say that the board in...