Idyllwild local Andrew “Andy” Smith has been working for the U.S. Forest Service for 20 years and was honored this last November with the agency’s Agency Partner Employee Award. This award is given to an agency employee who has been very helpful to the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) and an advocate for the Pacific…

Idyllwild is poised to welcome a new clerk to the Post Office beginning in March, pending the successful recruitment by then of a clerk to work in key areas “behind the retail counter, and in the Post Office Box Section/Back Room Area.”   A clerk position has been vacant due to a retirement at the…

Hurricane Norbert, which formed last week and evolved from a tropical storm into a hurricane on Sept. 3, moved north from Mexico and Baja along the California coast. As Norbert weakened, it drew significant moisture into the atmosphere and over the local mountains. The storm’s intensity varied through the local area and region. Sunday afternoon,…

Robot play extended at Rustic Theater  For those who can’t get enough Halloween, Sam Plonski is adding one more Saturday of his Robot play, November 8. The mechanical extravaganza is the latest of many unique events that Rustic Theater proprietors Gail and Graham Sutherland have been bringing to the stage. The show will be free…