Santa’s mail box now at Idyllwild Post Office

“It’s hard to lose one of our own,” said Anna Ancheta, director of Local Color, Idyllwild’s female a capella singing group. She spoke of the death last year of member Sabrina Verney and how her passing influenced a project that had begun several years before. “Each year on Martin Luther King’s birthday, the group holds…

In its ongoing mission to integrate more with the community of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts Academy inaugurated a children’s dance program for local children ages 3 through 12. IAA Dance Department Chair Ellen Rosa Taylor started the program in September of last year expecting maybe 15 local students might show up. Instead, 40 enthusiastic youngsters appeared,…

The third Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council’s Fire Safety Muster is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Idyllwild Community Center site. It promises much useful and needed information that “… will serve as reminder for Hill residents to begin preparing for another fire season,” said Edwin Scott, MCFSC executive director….

There are now three businesses in Idyllwild that in some form dispense medical marijuana or cannabis products. According to proprietors, they have different operational models and different objectives. The latest, Higher Gardenz, according to spokesperson Mike Boris, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) cooperative run by a team of volunteers. Higher Gardenz shares a suite fronting Highway…