At the November 12th meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Chief Mark Lamont’s Report noted invoicing of Mutual Aid calls over $3.6 million for 2024, not including participation in the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. In 2020 mutual aid calls amounted to $500 thousand, and this year is well above…

Jim Billman was re-elected as president of the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. John Cook was re-elected as vice president. Both have held these board positions since January 2014. This year the vote was not unanimous. New Director Steve Kunkle nominated Cook for the presidency and Billman as the vice president after Director Mike…

The spate of recent fires dominated the discussion at the recent Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. IFPD was very busy during each of them, Chief Patrick Reitz reported. Often the department was receiving more than two calls per minute with questions about the fires’ status. While IFPD was a cooperating agency during the Mountain…