Better Wildlife Control owner Tracy Phillipi said he has captured 25 rattlesnakes on residents’ property in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area this week. He said one was a speckled and the others all Southern Pacifics, one of the most dangerously venomous snakes to humans and other animals in California. Even more frightening is that seven of…

Last week, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that Idyllwild School was one of 56 California public schools that achieved sustained progress in academic improvement among low-income students. As a result, it has been chosen for the 2012-13 Title I Academic Achievement Award. This is the second consecutive year Idyllwild has been named…

Sometimes we save animals. Sometimes they save us. This is the goal at War Horse Creek, a program designed to help veterans who transition and adjust back to a civilian lifestyle after a very structured life of rules while in the military. Many veterans are dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a traumatic…