After seven long and grueling months, countless hours of searching by family, law enforcement and volunteers, handing out flyers, and missed birthdays and holidays, the family of Rosario Garcia can now have closure. Garcia’s remains were located 500 feet from her vehicle Jan. 24 by the Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation with the help of Western States Aerial…

The Mountain Disaster Preparedness group is hosting a special meeting next week with the Riverside County Department of Public Health and the community at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Idyllwild Library. This will be the final of 17 community sessions across the county since last month. It has been many years since the…

One traffic collision to report so far last week on Highway 74, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, Richard Moreno, 30 of Coachella, was driving westbound on Highway 74 east of Keen Camp Road at about 20 mph in a gray 2004 Dodge Ram behind…

Except for the facial hair, the differences between the four candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission were subtle and often difficult to detect. At the Aug. 6 forum, candidates Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson (former administrative assistant), Steve Kunkle (former fire chief from 2005 to 2010) and Nancy Layton (former financial consultant),…

The Fern Valley Water District’s (FVWD) emergency pipeline replacement project is near completion. The roads will be repaved once weather permits. General Manager Victor Jimenez stated during last week’s meeting that he expects the new line will be in service by the end of this week, March 26. The line is there and functioning but…