After about 18 months, the Riverside County Department of Public Health has released its Community Health Improvement Plan. The work began among professionals and interest groups within the county in 2009. Last year, in 2015, communities and citizens began to be polled about their needs and priorities through a series of community meetings, including one…

The Idyllwild Library, in partnership with Fern Creek Medical Center, is sponsoring a series of lectures about chronic health conditions. To be held at the library, the series began Tuesday, Jan. 17, with a lecture and presentation on chronic pain. The next event in this free series is on Tuesday, March 21, with a presentation…

Brendan Steele may have just run out of gas in last week’s John Deere Classic in Illinois. It was the Idyllwild native’s eighth consecutive week of tournament play going back to the Colonial in May, and he missed the cut by 6. He actually drove the ball very well — averaging 315 yards with 72…