




Legion, Idyllwild School mark Veterans Day
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The day before Veteran’s Day members of Idyllwild American Legion Post 800, barbequed hamburgers for all the students at Idyllwild School during the school’s Patriotic Day. Veterans, shown from left, are Post Color Guard Bugler Cid Castillo, Post Commander Ron Draper and Post House Committee Chairman Danny Richardson. Photo by Beth Swanson





Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery will include a special guest on Monday,September 23, singer/songwriter Shana Halligan. Shana is currentlyteaching songwriting at the Idyllwild Arts Academy and will be singingsome of her original songs at the end of the evening. The program willstart with “ten Evolutionary poets” who will read their work accompaniedby Paul Carman…
The Mountain Fire is still burning and smoldering in places, said both Dan Felix, San Jacinto Ranger District fire chief, and Battalion Chief Chris Fogle, who assumed the role of incident commander following the departure last week of the Type 1 Incident Management Team. “There is still a potential for the fire to spot,” Felix…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Richard Beatty confirmed the March 11, arrest of Poppet Flats resident Joseph Jordan, 21, for making criminal threats against another. Jones is currently incarcerated and the case is open and under investigation. He pleaded not guilty in Riverside County Superior Court.
Early Saturday morning, a fire broke out along Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center, about a quarter of a mile west of the Strawberry Creek bridge. The Forest Service initial attack and follow up controlled the fire by about noon Saturday when this photo of the burn area was taken. The fire was estimated to be 10 acres.
Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters, Palm Springs Fire, California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of an adult female hiker with a rattlesnake bite. The woman had been hiking on Skyline Trail in Tahquitz Falls west of Palm Springs for several miles when…
Idyllwild Water District has met several times with staff and managers of the Riverside County Park and Open-Space District regarding constructing a storage tank to serve the Tollgate zone, including Idyllwild Arts Academy. The sessions have been very successful, according to Board President Allan Morphett. At the Regional Parks District Advisory Committee Sept. 13 meeting,…