Open government laws continue to be a challenge for the Idyllwild Fire Protection Fire District. For months, the commission denied it violated the Brown Act and recently misinterpreted both the California Public Records Act and its own Policy 5080, Public Records Act Policy. Although Commissioner Nancy Layton concurred at a public meeting last week that…

With the Riverside County Planning Commission’s approval of the conditional use permit for construction of the first phase of the Idyllwild Community Center, the future of Summer Concert Series in 2017 is uncertain. The commission’s decision on Wednesday, Dec. 7, must still be ratified by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, but its approval in…

By David JeromeCorrespondent Several local groups distributing free and low-cost food on the Hill received a set-back this week with news that they would not be receiving their usual distribution from the Western Eagle Foundation. Directors of these groups heard that Western Eagle Foundation has “lost a donor.”This has affected Mountain Communities Mutual Aid in…