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Alex Marconi, an Idyllwild Fire Department volunteer, helps a young future firefighter use a hose during the Fire Safe Council’s Firefighter Muster on Saturday. Idyllwild Fire was one many local fire and public safety agencies that participated in this year’s event. Photo by Doris Jean Lombard








“We need to protect human life, property and critical natural resources,” San Jacinto District Ranger Arturo Delgado said, explaining the closure of nearly 16,000 acres for the next 12 months. According to Delgado, the area of National Forest Service lands the closure affects is less than 7 percent of NFS lands comprising the San Jacinto…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors appointed retired attorney Peter Szabadi to the County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee at its Tuesday, April 11, board meeting. Szabadi, who also serves on the boards of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and the Idyllwild Water District, said his interest in serving on the CSA 36 Advisory Committee…
An Idyllwild man pleaded guilty to two counts of child exploitation Monday, Dec. 6, in a Riverside County Superior Court.The Riverside County District Attorney’s (DA) Child Exploitation Team arrested Ryan Christopher Lujan, 26, of Idyllwild on April 8, 2021 with the DA’s office charging him with two felony counts involving child exploitation images.DA Public Information…
Brian Michael Tracy, poet and founder of Idyllwild Storytellers, has a country album, “Drinking My Tomorrows,” set to release Feb. 14. Tracy wrote all the songs with the exception of “Drinking My Tomorrows” and “Last Lonely Train” where he collaborated with local and Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty member Don Reed. The album came together organically,…
Riverside County Economic Development Agency, which manages Idyllwild’s recreation district, plans to assist in the installation of four to five aboveground community garden planting boxes, once a site is agreed upon.
Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 (H.R. 3304), which included language that Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) submitted transferring 22 military aircraft to the Forest Service to battle major wildfires. Under the defense bill passed Thursday night, seven surplus HC-130H Hercules aircraft…