The two men arrested for breaking into the Mountain Center Market and stealing the ATM machine and its cash contents were Ryan Mason, 24, of Hemet, and Nickolas Melendez, 26, of Cabazon. The two men were arrested on Highway 74, just west of the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station, shortly after they allegedly ransacked…

According to a Mt. San Jacinto State Parks report, rangers received a 911 call from the Riverside County Sheriff’s on Saturday of a single male adult trapped in snow and ice on the Skyline (Cactus to Clouds) Route. State Parks personnel responded. The 29-year-old male with his dog was located a half-mile southeast of the…

By JP Crumrine Correspondent Last month, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Alex Tardy of the San Diego Office of the National Weather Service (NWS), was in Idyllwild at the invitation of Mountain Disaster Preparedness. Tardy spoke in general about weather forecasting and specifically about the coming winter predictions. “We can predict well in 6 to 10 days…

  The Hemet Unified School District Governing Board has selected Sue Coffer, Idyllwild School instructional aide, as the November recipient of the Governing Board Recognition and Reward Program Award. Trustee Vic Scavarda nominated Coffer for the honor. Coffer has worked at Idyllwild School since September 1978, when she began her HUSD career. She has served…