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At 4:08 p.m. Tuesday, U.S. Forest Service firefighters were dispatched to a vegetation fire off of Highway 74 in the Santa Rosa area. The fire’s size was 10-feet-by-10-feet. Two engines were kept on scene to handle the spot and all other resources were canceled. Forest Service crews also responded to a small vegetation fire at…
Idyllwild Arts has a multi-million dollar budget that pays for the talented faculty and numerous renowned guest artists and speakers. However, neither the students’ tuition nor the Summer Program’s fees cover all of the school’s operating expenses. Each year, the school must also raise additional money (several million), not only for its endowment, but for…
The agenda for the September meeting of the Idylliwld Water DistrictBoard of Directors included the preliminary engineering report for theWastewater Treatment Plant project, prepared by Specialized UtilityServices Program Engineering (SUSP.) Last month the board members and GMBill Rojas expressed exasperation with SUSP’s delays in delivering thisdocument, which must be in hand before the applications for…
Two crashes involving multiple vehicles occurred on Hill roads over the last week. Both were on Highway 74. The first occurred at 3:20 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, during dark and rainy conditions, according to Darren Meyer, California Highway Patrol public information officer. Efuan Simms, 43, of Moreno Valley, was driving a blue 2002 Hyundai Santa…
Michael Kellner, 26, and James McMahon, 22, both of Idyllwild, were arrested for a series of burglaries. Kellner was arrested at 9:49 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, in the Marian View Drive/Rainbow Lane area. McMahon was arrested at 2:15 p.m. the next day on San Jacinto Road. Both men were charged with burglary and possession of…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors held a specialsession Tuesday, April 2. The two items on the agenda were discussion ofthe status of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) project, andexposure to litigation, the latter a closed session conference withlegal counsel. During public comments, ratepayer David Hunt spoke to “publicly commendthe interim GM [general…