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According to California Highway Patrol’s Public Information Officer Darren Meyer, there was one vehicle crash on Hill roads last week. This incident occurred on Highway 74, one-half mile south of Strawberry Creek Bridge. At 6:42 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 23, James Pomeroy Jr., 73, of Idyllwild, was driving a gray 2016 Ford Escape eastbound, toward Mountain…
Planning and financing a recycled water facility remains at the top of the Idyllwild Water District’s (IWD) agenda. IWD’s directors met with their consultants to discuss the next step and future options for obtaining approval and funding for the facility. Anuj Saha and Anders Wistrom of Ascend Engineering in Aiken, S.C., discussed their conversations with…
At its Sept. 10 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors held a publichearing to consider a new agreement with CR&R, the waste collectionservice for residents and businesses on the Hill. This also included arate increase. Implementation of Senate Bill 1383, originally approved in September2016, is the principal reason for the need for higher rates. The…
Nan Arthur, the first 2013 presenter in Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild’s new speaker series, has spent 20 years analyzing why animals act and respond as they do. She will talk about aggressive dogs at the 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, event at Mt. Pawlytechnic Canine Education School, 23400 Highway 243, across from the Pine…
The U.S. Forest Service has extended the State Forestry Grant to Riverside County, Gregg Bratcher, Cal Fire unit forester for Riverside County, announced last week. The grant was scheduled to expire Sept. 30, but Cal Fire requested a one-year extension. About $450,000 will be available for fire protection on the Hill during the next year….
A number of years ago, when I was learning to kayak, I was surfing with my boat at La Jolla shores. While paddling through the surf a large wave broke over me, I was trying my best to back-surf toward the shore, rather uncontrollably I have to admit.