The Friends of the Idyllwild Library will hold a Memorial Day weekend book sale from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, on the library deck at 54185 Pine Crest Avenue. Riverside County planners and the contractor are moving rapidly toward the completion of property in Strawberry Plaza and soon…

Last week, the state took several steps to advance and to promote actions in an attempt to reverse climate change. Electric vehicles How will drivers power all those new electric vehicles that will be on California’s roads and highways in the next dozen years? In August, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved regulations to…

The shutdown of the federal government reaches all the way to Idyllwild. The U.S. Forest Service San Jacinto Ranger District office shut down Tuesday afternoon. Fire suppression and law enforcement services are exempt from the federal shutdown. Trails and some campgrounds remain open. Photo by J.P. Crumrine

Charges against Marcus Green, 54, of Thermal, and against Kristen Lauer, 25, of Rancho Mirage, have been combined into one trial. Green was the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May 2016 and resulted in the death of his 5-month-old infant, and Lauer was the baby’s mother. Green…