At a specially called board meeting last week, Geoffrey Caine and Peter Szabadi were both appointed to fill vacancies on the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. Directors John Cook and June Rockwell resigned in December, bringing the number of directors to three from the authorized board of five members. Three people applied to join…

Two serious criminal incidents marred Idyllwild’s Christmas holiday. On Friday, Dec. 22, around 5:45 p.m, Hemet Station sheriff’s deputies responded to the Idyllwild Chevron Station. Two older men, Robert Child, 68, and Rick Holmes, 67, both of Idyllwild, sustained facial and head injuries when a man attacked them. Child had been fueling his vehicle when…

Idyllwild locals Mara Schoner and Mark Yardas created a Facebook group called Mountain Communities COVID-19 Mutual Aid on March 19. The duo thought it would be nice to help the community as COVID-19 upended the world as we know it. The goal behind the group is quite simple, “If you need help, ask. If you…