The driver of the Porsche that went over the side of Highway 74 Sunday morning and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child was arrested and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center, Thursday, May 5. Marcus Novell Green, 51, of Thermal, was charged by the district attorney with murder with malice aforthought…

The distance between the Idyllwild Fire Station and the American Medical Response unit near Foster Lake is no longer considered “zero,” with respect to Riverside County dispatching an ambulance to a medical emergency on the Hill. The county changed the policy that said, “For purposes of closest ambulance the AMR Pine Cove Unit and IFPD…

The Idyllwild Help Center has seen a tremendous amount of activity since Idyllwild and surrounding communities have been repopulated after the devastating Cranston Fire. The nonprofit has provided more than 200 emergency services to more than 170 people. Because of that tremendous need, it has been the target of giving from both locals and off-Hillers,…

The Pine Cove underground storage tank project, which the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has been monitoring since 1994, is nearly closed. In the absence of any public comments on its notice of proposed closing, the department authorized Frey Environmental to pull its monitoring wells at the Pine Cove Market. This work was completed…

Winter is just beginning, yet fire agencies are still active and making announcements. The Forest Service has begun a series of prescribed burns throughout the San Bernardino National Forest. Many of these have been and will be in the San Jacinto Ranger District. For Idyllwild residents, the broadcast burn on the Pine Cove fuel break…